Episode 38 of the MacRoundtable discusses the new “hackintosh” Mac Clones,  discussion of whether Apple should consider opening the operating system now that the Mac is gaining in popularity, the fate of the Mac Mini, rumors of Microsoft retail stores, and tips for new mac users.

Some links mentioned in the show:
Pystar: 
http://www.psystar.com/

Questions about Pystar’s validity:
http://gizmodo.com/380488/psystar-exposed-looks-like-a-hoax
http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/16/gartner/

 Top 10 Apple Flops:
http://www.maclife.com/article/top_10_pple_flops

Tips for New Mac Users
Apple User Groups:
http://www.apple.com/usergroups/
Apple Online Training:
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/?
http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/
Apple Retail Store Workshops:
http://www.apple.com/retail/workshops/
One to One Personal Training:
http://www.apple.com/retail/onetoone/
Importing Outlook Information:
http://www.littlemachines.com
Mac/Windows Integration Tips:
http://www.macwindows.com
 
This week’s hosts include:
Adam Christianson: The MacCast
Victor Cajiao: The Typical Mac User Podcast
Jonathan Cost: Mac Tips Daily
Katie Floyd: The MacCore

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Episode 37 of the MacRoundtable covered what the best ways to sync multiple Macs, Apple beating Walmart at music sales, how we feel about the various tax proposals in the US on downloaded content, and then we had an interesting discussion about security of our data if we have it on a Time Machine backup.

Some of the links mentioned in the show:

Syncing multiple macs
Chronosync
Sugarsync 

Time capsule with time machine
macosxhints.com
macosx.com

This week’s hosts include:

Katie Floyd: The MacCore
Victor Cajiao: The Typical Mac User Podcast
David Sparkes: MacSparky.com
Allison Sheridan: The NosillaCast Podcast

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