Purple Tie Guys Podcast

Guys and gals, we're still trying to hash out this whole Mac Mini situation. And we detail portions of it in this episode. We also obtusely discuss the scammer situation in the after market sales arena. To sum it up for you here: It's bad. Like, real bad. To the point that I ended up just taking my listings down because I never got any legitimate offers from actual local people. So, beware scammers when trying to sell your used items.

We discussed Apple. Again. A lot. Sorry not sorry.

And we bought a Chromebox! Having a full fledged, fully functional browser on your TV is kind of surreal. Something that pre-teen me would have salivated over.

Enjoy!

It's interesting when you're trying to purchase a used Apple product. People tend to have an overblown sense of what the price should be for something. A 6 year old computer, even an Apple computer, isn't worth several hundred dollars. But I digress.

We get off to a great start complaining about a review for the Mac Mini. And we made some truly insightful things about the Mac products gained through this terrible review.

There's a brief discussion about why you'll never see Mac OS X available for purchase without Mac hardware.

Later we also talked about the differences between Microsoft's business model versus Apple's business model.

Well, we managed to squeeze another podcast out this week. This one is all about the Apple Keynote that dropped on Oct. 30th. They introduced a new MacBook Air, a new Mac Mini, and a new iPad Pro. All with impressive hardware spec bumps.

We get into a bit of a discussion about a YouTube reviewer who reviewed the keynote, claiming that the new iPad is for the 1%. We also discuss the futility of upgrading your Mac products.

Let's get this out of the way. I was wrong about a lot of stuff on the Palm Phone off the bat. The cameras and storage, specifically. Here's a link to a review by The Verge. If you're interested in getting this extremely small smartphone, and you're already on Verizon, and you've already got a data plan and phone service with them, here's a link to the product page for the (snicker) Palm Companion Device.

We also discussed Google's G Suite of products, specifically the email service. It's leaps and bounds better than the C-Panel email we'd been using before. If you have been thinking about moving your email servers away from your web host, DO IT! What's keeping you! Do it, now! And used Google's G Suite.

In our premiere episode, Robert and I talk about getting started in business together, our lives before entreprenuership, and everything in between (without going into too much detail).

Join us as we go through the trials and tribulations of being business owners in our brand new podcast, The Purple Tie Show!