Geeky Reactions to Apple's "Scary Fast" Event
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary

This bonus Mac Geek Gab episode sees Jeff Gamet, Adam Christianson, and Dave Hamilton sharing their hot takes on Apple’s “Scary Fast” event. They dissect the unveiling of the new iMacs, the remarkable M3 MacBook Pros, and mull over the conspicuous absence of a Mac mini announcement. As they deep dive into the Mac’s gaming potential, highlighting titles like Minecraft, Hearthstone, and Kerbal Space Program, the trio speculates about a novel gaming platform on the horizon. And while they’re at it, there’s a candid conversation on Intel’s latest moves and its potential trajectory. Remember, in the ever-evolving tech landscape, “Don’t Get Caught” out of the loop. Tune in and stay informed!
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- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1007 for Monday, October 30th, 2023
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- 00:19:18 Is there a gaming market for the Mac?
- 00:22:15 Games… and Apple TV+
- 00:28:37 Games Old Geeks Play
- 00:31:44 More games…on a new platform?
- 00:35:23 Intel Upgrades…and Sonoma Praise
- 00:40:35 Is this the end of Intel?
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| 0:00.0 | Mac Geek Cab episode one thousand seven for Monday evening October 30th |
| 0:05.6 | 2023. Greetings folks and welcome to the second Mac Geek job released hopefully |
| 0:27.5 | released today we're certainly the one intentionally released today we're normally the show that answers your questions and |
| 0:35.7 | solves your problems and shares your tips and shares your cool stuff found and |
| 0:39.5 | we're gonna keep doing that it's just right now, we just finished watching |
| 0:43.9 | Apple's scary fast event, |
| 0:46.7 | and we watched it scarily fast. |
| 0:49.6 | And we're going to talk about it. Pilot Pete couldn't make it. |
| 0:54.2 | However, we have, we have, well, what I would like to think is an excellent group of people |
| 1:01.2 | and me for you today. So here in Durham, New Hampshire, I'm Dave |
| 1:05.4 | Hamilton. Well, here in Boulder, Colorado, I'm Jeff Gamut. And here in cold South Dakota, I'm Adam Christensen. |
| 1:18.0 | Thanks for joining this guys. This is great. Yeah. Yeah, it's cold here too in my studio because I set the heat to come on 90 minutes after Apple's |
| 1:28.5 | event started thinking that would be perfect timing and Apple's event took 30 minutes. |
| 1:34.7 | So that was interesting. |
| 1:37.0 | So by the time we're done recording here your heat's going to kick on. |
| 1:40.0 | Yeah, I'm going to, I'm going to, I'm just going to keep peeling off layers so for for those of you that chose to watch the video I'm sorry |
| 1:47.9 | so yeah or you're welcome |
| 1:50.6 | okay sure it's one of those things. Who are we to judge? |
| 1:54.4 | Who are we? Well, he meant scary fast. Like the whole, this whole |
| 1:58.9 | keynote was weird. I'm just freaked out by the whole thing. |
| 2:02.4 | Are you, are you, are you, are you, were you scared? I'm just freaked out by the whole thing. |
| 2:03.0 | Are you, are you, are you, were you scared by it Adam? |
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