April 27, 2009

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Mac Roundtable 2009.04.27 Episode #62

Filed under: Podcast — take2 @ 12:14 pm

Katie Floyd themaccore.com
Don McAllister screencastsonline.com
David Sparks macsparky.com
Bart Busschots bartb.ie
Allison Sheridan  podfeet.com

Katie & David are starting Mac Power Users Podcast at macpowerusers.com

MICROSOFT VS. APPLE PROFIT & PC SALES DROP VS. MAC SALES DROP

Microsoft reported its profit dropped 32%
Apple?s profit rose 15%
PC Sales dropped 16%
Macintosh sales dropped 3%

APPLE ADS:

Discussion of which ads we like, and which ads we think are perhaps misleading

HACKINTOSH

I recently got to spend some time with a Dell Mini 9 Netbook with OS X installed. I was not impressed. Maybe we could talk about the whole Netbook phenomena and our thoughts about Apple?s participation. Cough Tablet Cough

I went as far as getting an MSI Win to use as a proof of concept, installed OSX and promptly sold it 2 weeks later. So I can chime in on that!

Mac Insurance – safeware.com

WHERE ARE ALL THE MAC USERS?

Something that has been bugging me is where are all the Mac users? Last quarter 2.2 million macs sold yet MacHeist sold 88,000 bundles. A huge number but a tiny fraction of the total Mac population. Do ?normal? mac users buy online software? Why are podcast audiences in the single thousands when there are millions of Mac users? Just a thought!

MAC ROUNDTABLE PICKS OF THE WEEK

Al – Etherpad – etherpad.com

Don – Tweetie for the Mac! – atebits.com

Bart – DeskLickr – desklickr.isnot.tv

Katie – Dashboard Kick Start – alwintroost.nl

David – Livescribe Pulse Pen — livescribe.com
2 gig pen and book – $200

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April 10, 2009

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Mac Roundtable 2009.04.10 Episode #61

Filed under: Podcast — take2 @ 7:10 am

Katie Floyd: The MacCore Twitter
Steve Stanger: The Mac Attack Twitter
Tim Verpoorten: Mac Reviewcast Twitter

Another small but mighty group this week. We discussed the proliferation of hard drives and why that’s not necessarily always a good thing, storage solutions and backup strategies. We also talked about how the iPhone and iPod Touch have become much more than simple phones and iPods and how a variety of applications make them excellent travel companions and perhaps even computer replacements. Of course, the discussion somehow also turned to Twitter clients and our picks.

Storage Solutions and Backup:
Mozy Online Backup
Time Capsule
Voyager Dock
Drobo
SuperDuper

iPhone/iPod Touch Apps:
Evernote
Night Stand
White Noise (Light)
Flight Tracker
WiFiTrack

Twitter Clients:
TweetDeck
Nambu
Tweetie

Other Cool Stuff Mentioned:
Matias Folding Keyboard
WWDC
MailPlane

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