MyMac.com Podcast

Guy talks about his total fail at securing an iPad 3G last Saturday. The ENTIRE Washington D.C. area Apple Stores were completely sold out! Will Gaz EVER be able to buy an iPad in the UK? Could Apple's refusal to allow third-party tools for making apps for the iDevices get them into trouble with the Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission? Lastly, could the very openess of Google's Android OS splinter their market for hardware and software?

Guy and Gaz discuss the wild and the weird this week including the sad death of the 3.5-inch Floppy which Sony announced they would stop making next year and the first Malware associated with the iPad…sort of. Steve Jobs answers a question about an OS X App Store with a short and distinct "Nope", but is that the whole story? Need some of Adobe's CS5 programs but are a little light in the wallet? We discuss a bunch of alternatives to Adobe's software that may get you most of the way there.

Gaz is BACK from vacation so the G-Men are on the job! Doctor Who? They answer some Listener feedback questions; one from old friend Beejay Bhatt asking about recording Skype. Another Listener asks about multiple monitors for a MacBook Pro and our sponsor just happens to have a great solution!

Gaz is on Vacation with his family so we bring long-time MyMac contributor Owen Rubin in for a really fun show. We go over the new MacBook Pros and discuss the iPhone OS4 announcements all with sound effects and BACON. Because everything is better with Bacon.

Neil Worton joins us as a listener invite and we spend the majority of our time talking about the iPad. Neil uses a Mac for astronomy but most of the software he uses are Windows based. He's looking for Mac equivalents. Plus the Macally contest continues! Last chance to enter!

The iPad is coming (but we don't just go ON about it). Guy is planning to go to the Clarendon, Virginia Apple Store on iPad day April 3rd to talk to the early adopters and ask them why they're getting an iPad. Gaz and Guy talk about Gaz's sister's problems with her HP laptop with Vista (because Vista just SCREAMS quality!). Guy recommends Windows 7

The G-Men sit down with Steve Hammond who may (or may not) be from Canada and a big photography fan. Steve talks about his path through the minefield of Mac Photo software and his current favorites. The question of, Would you buy an Apple alternative (not a killer) to Photoshop? More build-up to the iPad and Gaz says he's buying one when they're available in the UK, but Guy says he's holding out.

This weeks episodes features Guy and GazMaz (The G Men) talking about changes to Mac OS X 10.6, WWDC and Mac OS 10.7, Guy's adventures in shipping to the UK, Valve coming to Mac, and Windows on the Mac: Bootcamp vs Virtualization.

Guy, Owen Rubin, and Mark Rudd ring in the new format (kinda our old format really) MyMac.com Podcast! We finish up (really, we promise this time) with some observations about the Macworld Expo, a discussion about what Apple could do with 25 to 40 billion freaking dollars, and ask the question, Is iTunes getting a little creaky?

We say goodbye (for now) to David Cohen, long time MyMac podcaster and writer. Fortunately we also get one last hurrah from Dave with an interview he did with Don Mayer from Small Dog Electronics.