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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 136. MacBook arriving Today? Next week? Who knows? New iPod ad with 60s spin. New iTunes and iPod patent filings. Judgement in Apple vs. Apple lawsuit. Samsung caught stealing from Apple. New Intel chips get a new name. Two more Apple Retail Stores open this week. MacCast One Minute Tip #14 – Getting Info. More on how to dry out electronics. Explaining the “Endianness” of file systems. How to watch full screen video on underpowered Macs. Who is the “PC” in the new Mac ads? MacGathering Promo.

New music, I’m Moving On by Tount.

Promo for My Trivia Podcast.

You’d be amazed what you’ll agree to when you’re on fire.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 135. Welcome new iTunes listeners. Apple running new “Get a Mac” campaign with six new TV ads. Is Apple already hiring a new Aperture team? iTunes tracks still a buck. French DRM legislation doesn’t pass. Bigger iPod Nano with video Portal Player is not out of the iPod game yet. Next OS X file system may come from Sun. Apple Store openings in Colorado and Toronto this weekend. iPods sent in to entertain trapped miners in Tasmania. Battery defect makes MacBook Pro issues a trifecta. Feedback on my Parallels comments. Can Parallels use a Boot Camp partition? New Mac virus story on AP is a re-run. Listener review of MacBook Pro 15″. Washing your iPod (Don’t try this at home). MacNurse can help cure your Macs ailments. Tip on merging images with Photoshop PhotoMerge. MacCast in interview on Typical Mac User Podcast. I will be at the Mac Gathering on May 19th and 20th in L.A.

New music, Contact High by Lindy Dobbins & The Red Velvet Manx

Ok, I’ll meet you at the place near the thing where we went that time.

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Belkins new lineup of pre-N (802.11n) products is set to hit the US on June 1st. Offering speeds of up to 300Mbps, 802.11n wireless is the key to being able to stream HD video content over Wi-Fi. It also means you can maximize the bandwidth on your network, so now you don’t need to worry about opening that website while on a critical Skype call. The main piece in the Belkin-N lineup is the N1 Wireless Router ($149.99 USD), but it also includes a Notebook Card ($99.99 USD) and a Desktop Card ($119.99 USD). The N1 Wireless Router is based on Atheros’ XSPAN™ technology. It has a cool network status display and offers security with WPA2-Personal, 64-bit, 128-bit WEP encryption and enhanced firewall. Plus, the N technology is backward-compatibe with 802.11b and 802.11g networks making the transition a little easier. The only drawback is this will be out prior to the full ratification of the N spec, but I would think that any changes would be easily patched with a simple firmware update. At any rate, if you need top performance from your Wi-Fi these may be worth checking out.

I was just watching Deal or No Deal and saw one of these great new Mac ads. Yes, you read that right new MAC ads, finally (Right. I didn’t count the Postal Service redux ad). I happened to catch the “Virus” ad (pun intended) and got a good chuckle out of it. I especially enjoyed the part where the “PC” crashes. There are a total of 6 ads and they all follow the same motif. Two guys, one is a Mac and the other a PC, and they discuss a topic pointing out how each relates to it and, of course, pointing out how the Mac does a better job of it. Hey, they are Apple ads after all. The good news is all the ads are up on Apple’s web site so, if you haven’t caught them on TV yet you can stillsee them here. It’s Mac addict PC bashing at its finest. To go along with the ad campaign Apple has a section of their site devoted to all the reasons Why you’ll love a Mac Great if you need some solid reasons to give your friends and family for making the switch. Enjoy.

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 134. Next gen iPods to use Samsung chips, Apple may be planning ads for iTunes, Shake Universal coming in May, iPod formated videos on Blue-Ray discs, Apple cuts Aperture developers loose, Jobs paints rosey Apple future for shareholders. MacCast One Minute Tip #13 – Screen Views. MacCast Mini BootCamp and Parallels update. A random listener comment. Save money. Buy a 17″ MacBook Pro. Is BootCamp Apple’s push back into education? More Apple products making animal noises. Moo. Eep.

New music, Not Alive by 8Stops7

Well, those are the boobs that make our laws. That’s the democratic process.

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Well that is one way to blow an advertising budget. This new ad for Tekserve, an independent Apple reseller in New York, used over $60,000 worth of iPods toppling domino style to make their point. I wonder if those had any screen protection? For those of you in the area the ads will be running on the giant Madison Square Garden LED displays at 33rd Street & 7th Avenue, from May 1st through July 30th.

[via The Consumerist]

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 133. MacBook Pro Graphics not running at full speed. Apple drops Portal Player chips in future iPods. Random iPod and iTunes News. Random Mac software news. Apple planning a new 50 acre campus (video link). New security flaws in OS X exposed. Jon Rubinstein not gone completely from Apple. A more eco-friendly Apple, their new computer recycling program. Rumor of 17″ MacBook Pro at NAB. Update: Announced today, see post below. Mac Mini power brick follow-up. Mac triple-boot bootloader correction. Still think Apple will switch to Windows? Read this. Some BootCamp follow-up. Comments on Apple’s lawsuit against Mac rumor web sites. What to do about a “whiny” MacBook Pro.

New music, Code Monkey by Jonathan Coulton (iTunes)

Promo: The Mac ReviewCast One Year Anniversary

What’re ya gonna do with those *pies*, boys?

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So I recorded a show last night (working to get it online as we speak) and of course I mention Apple may be planning on releasing the 17″ MacBook Pro. So, I get on-line this morning and BOOM there it is. How’s that for bad timing? Oh well. Look for a full rundown of the new larger MacBook Pro in the next edition, but for now here are some highlights. Note the re-appearence of the Firewire 800 port (YEAH!), too bad it will cost you at least $2,800 (USD) for the feature.

• 17in. Display
• 6.8 lbs.
• 8x Dual Layer SuperDrive
• One Firewire 400 Port
• One Firewire 800 Port
• 3 USB 2.0 Ports

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A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 132. Aperture 1.1 released, Beatles may be planning to offer music downloads, buying iTunes while in flight? True video iPod missed the party on April 1st, Apple orders 13.3″ LCDs, MacBook out soon? Steve Jobs declines to write Woz forward (unconfirmed), Apple legal form letter not the response 9-year old expected. Boot Camp stranding Mac owners in Windows. Triple booting with Boot Camp. Lucky, Lucky Charms come with free iTunes. Burst.com files lawsuit against Apple. OS 10.5 Leopard will make an appearance at WWDC 2006. New firmware update for Intel Macs. My initial impressions of the Intel Mac Mini and Boot Camp. Apple Universal Access, VoiceOver and GarageBand. What to do if you see that annoying blinking question mark at start up. My update on using GarageBand 3 for the MacCast (enhanced). Question about multiple Applications folders. Review of the iSlicker iPod protector.

New music, The Maybe Love Song by Vanessa Peters and Ice Cream On Mondays

I was happy for the briefest moment.

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Be sure to check out this recent Joy of Tech. Funny