Welcome to Episode 17 of the Mac Roundtable

This week Joseph wasn’t able to make it, so we invite guest host Ken Crockett from Apple News Now! to join us. In this edition we discuss the new MacBook Pros, Apple’s inclusion of pre-802.11n in some of it’s latest products, Apple iPhone, the 5th birthday of the iPod. How far has the iPod come and what about it’s future? The iPod “bezel” control patent filing, the future of Apple and Adobe, is Adobe reducing support for Macs and will they only support Intel Macs? And we finish up with more of our favorite Mac hardware and software finds.

Join hosts Steve Stanger from the The Mac Attack, Tim Verpoorten from MacReviewcast, Adam Christianson from the MacCast and Ken Crockett from Apple News Now!

Links :
Apple News Now!
Kult: Heretic Kingdoms
Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 and FireWire 6-Port Hub for Mac mini
My Dream App
Overflow
RSSTV
Qumana

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Welcome to Episode 16 of the Mac Roundtable

This week Adam, Tim, Joseph and Steve discuss new Intel quad-core chips due out in November. New Jersey now taxing music and video downloads. Rumors of a new Mac ultra-portable at Mac World 2007. The iTunes 7.0.1 update, is Apple becoming a 2.0 release comany? Some our latest apps, products, tips and tricks.

Join hosts Steve Stanger from the The Mac Attack, Tim Verpoorten from MacReviewcast, Adam Christianson from the MacCast and Joseph Nilo from the MacPro Podcast

Links :
DotMac Menu

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Welcome to Episode 15 of the Mac Roundtable

Everyone is here for a lively discussion about Apple’s “It’s Showtime” announcement.

links:

“It’s Showtime” webcast

Color film inserts to mod the Apple logo on your Mac notebook

MediaCentral

AudioEngine5

Balck Magic Video Card

Join Joseph Nilo from the MacPro Podcast, Tim Verpoorten from MacReviewcast, Steve Stanger from the The Mac Attack, and Adam Christianson from the MacCast.

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Welcome to Episode 14 of the Mac Roundtable

This week Adam, Tim, Joseph and Steve discuss The Apple/Creative settlement, Apple’s battery recall, future of Mac OS X and features we would like to see in Leopard, waiting for Leopards release before purchasing a new Mac, and how many iPods we own.

Joseph Nilo from the MacPro Podcast pulls a Houdini on this episode. First he’s there, then he’s not, then he’s there again. Tim Verpoorten from MacReviewcast rants. Steve Stanger from the The Mac Attack rambles on. And Adam Christianson from the MacCast does a great job handling both hosting and editing duties this week.

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Welcome to Episode 13 of the Mac Roundtable

This week we discuss our reactions to the reactions that many people had of the WWDC keynote. We also have the next and last installemnt in our discussion on Podcasting – RSS feeds, hosting, and bandwidth.

The whole gang is here. Join hosts Steve Stanger from the The Mac Attack, Tim Verpoorten from MacReviewcast, Adam Christianson from the MacCast and Joseph Nilo from the MacPro Podcast

Links :

WWDC keynote video
Apple’s Leopard site
Feeder
Liberated Syndication (aka Libsyn)

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Welcome to Episode 12 of the Mac Roundtable

This week we discuss Intels agressive chip release schedule and ponder Apples ability to keep up. We get into the hot off the presses development of the AMD ATI buyout and discuss potential ramifications for Apples Intel relationship. Our thoughts on the newest edition of the Mighty Mouse. Find out what products we like to keep our Mac portables and iPods safe. How do we go about evangelizing Apple and the Mac, plus the next installemnt in our discussion on Podcasting, recording.

Joseph Nilo from the MacPro Podcast was just back from a long trip and had to missed this one. But join hosts Steve Stanger from the The Mac Attack, Tim Verpoorten from MacReviewcast, Adam Christianson from the MacCast

Links mentioned in this weeks episode:

Tom Bihn Bags
Targus
RadTech
STM Bags
MarWare iPod Case
InvisibleSHIELD
SolitaireXL
Burning Monkey Solitaire (Freeverse)
Snood
iBiz (Igg Software)
Pixadex(Icon Factory)
CandyBar (Panic)
GarageBand (Apple)
SoundTrackPro (Apple)
Sound Soap (Bais)

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Welcome to Episode 11 of the Mac Roundtable

This week we discuss the iTunes experience and what it’s done to your CD collection. Are we spending less on CD’s and more on iTunes, or are we just grabbing our music from other online sources? Then we look at the iPod and where it’s going from here and when it will finally get there. Next topic is, what print magazines we’re still receiving and why? Has the online Mac news and magazines killed off the print? Finally, the next part of our podcasting confessions. This episode we talk about our podcasting hardware and how it’s progressed since we first started podcasting.

Steve Stanger from the The Mac Attack was missing in action when a storm knocked him offline. But join hosts Joseph Nilo from the MacPro Podcast, Tim Verpoorten from MacReviewcast, Adam Christianson from the MacCast

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Welcome to episode 10 of the Mac Roundtable.

This week we discuss:

The Apple World Wide Developer Conference and Steve Jobs Keynote. Does demo of Leopard point to an early release or is it par for the course? Is Apple releasing products at a more rapid rate in an attempt to keep their stock rising? Does this rapid release schedule have an impact on quality? Apple changes TV ads to shift support for Windows XP from BootCamp to Parallels. Does this mean Apple will drop BootCamp? Is virtualization coming to OS 10.5 Leopard? What is the value of Apple .Mac? Is .Mac worth it and if so for who? A new multipart series on Podcasting. This episode we discuss show prep. Should you script out your show or outline? What software to use for shownotes? How to come up with topics and content.

Join hosts Joseph Nilo from the MacPro Podcast, Tim Verpoorten from MacReviewcast, Adam Christianson from the MacCast and Steve Stanger from The Mac Attack on this weeks podcast.

Links mentioned in this weeks episode:

Apple WWDC
Apple BootCamp
Parallels
Apple .Mac
MySync (just acquired my MarkSpace)
RapidWeaver
Sandvox
BBEdit 8
NetNewsWire
OmniOutliner Pro
JetEye
iClip

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Welcome to episode 9 of the Mac Roundtable.

This week we discuss:
Mac longevity. How long do we hold on to our Macs before we feel we need to upgrade. We take a look at Apple’s current retail strategy with the Apple stores and Apples recent move to sell Macs at Best Buy and other “big box” retailers. Is Apples new support for Windows a good thing? How far will Apple go to embrace the Dark Side? Is it time for a revision of the iPods and what new features should be added? Finally we each reveal our favorite Dashboard Widgets.

Join hosts Joseph Nilo from the MacPro Podcast, Tim Verpoorten from MacReviewcast, Adam Christianson from the MacCast and Steve Stanger from The Mac Attack on this weeks podcast.

Links mentioned in this weeks episode:
Apple Dashboard Widgets
Wikipedia Widget
iStat Pro 2.2 (sysstat)
iCal Events
Easy Envelopes
Ambrosia Software
Package Tracker
Stats for AdSense
Sloth Cam
Whoopee Cushion Widget
Mt. St. Helens VolcanoCam Widget
Apple.com Daily Special Widget

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Welcome to a little Teaser Podcast we put together for you until the next full-length podcast arrives next week.

Did you ever want to know what we talked about before we started recording the MacRoundtable? Well it’s as geek-laden as the podcast itself! Take a listen for yourself.

Join hosts Joseph Nilo from the MacPro Podcast, Tim Verpoorten from MacReviewcast, Adam Christianson from the MacCast and Steve Stanger from The Mac Attack on this teaser podcast.

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We also want to thank Von Glitschka from Glitschka Studios for the new Mac Roundtable logo.

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