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Twisty Seconds, Headless Bluesman urge Mavericks wannabes to use caution
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Is there a market for ‘Mavericks Light?’
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Non-Intel Macs back in fast(er) lane
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Like Windows 8 and XP, Mavericks shares unsupported underground of Tiger,...
On the heels of one of the most successful blog posts in hittingthesweetspot’s short history, PowerPC Macs most definitely still have game, it has come to our attention that readers love stories about...
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Why Apple should revisit an affordable, upgradeable tower
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We got an earful there and we also got an earful regarding how wonderful OS X Mavericks was supposed to be when it first came out. It may still prove out to be just that. But I have my doubts as I am...
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Is there a market for 'Mavericks Light?'
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Non-Intel Macs back in fast(er) lane
We try our best to take care of the technology we utilize in our day-to-day living and still hardware doesn’t last as long as we had hoped or it stops working altogether over time. When hardware and...
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Like Windows 8 and XP, Mavericks shares unsupported underground of Tiger,...
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Quicken 2007 for Mac spans generations of users while frozen in time
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Why Apple should revisit an affordable, upgradeable tower
The internals of the original 20″ iMac G5. Many hardware components can be seen. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In an effort to market its desktop computers for the “it’s good enough” set, Apple has quietly...
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‘Just works’ mantra finally applies to Linux (Mint ‘Rafaela’) adopters
It was time to get back to Linux on one of my old PC’s. I have Windows 10 running well on an ancient 1.83 GHz Core2Duo processor desktop PC. I also have an old AMD Athlon 64 eMachines tower that was...
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