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TechFan 308 - It cost more, but it’s worth it

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My Mac Productions MyMac.com Tim Robertson

Gadgets, Technology

3.830 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Macstock Expo is two weeks out, and Tim and David give an update on sponsors and more. Google has a adware problem, iOS has a bloat problem, the Transformers have a quality problem, and the iPhone turns 10! All that, and how many of you remember TCR Racing? Sponsored by MacSales.com

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0:00.0

You're listening to another great podcast in the MyMac podcasting network.

0:06.0

Tech fan podcast number 308.

0:08.8

I am Tim Robertson.

0:10.1

David Cohen, we're two weeks out from the Max Stock Expo.

0:14.6

Looking forward to it.

0:16.1

Me too.

0:16.9

I'm looking forward to seeing everybody and seeing some cool presentations, including yours.

0:21.2

You're doing a presentation at Max Talk this year.

0:23.7

Yeah, it's the Apple One parallels between the Apple One and the Raspberry Pi, and not just because of the fruit.

0:30.7

No, it's because of the homemade box?

0:33.8

Homemade box, yeah.

0:35.1

They're both both sold as basic circuit boards, but the real theme is they both kind of open up an opportunity to capitalize on computing that you, you know, the world is your oyster.

0:48.0

You just have to figure out what you want to do with it.

0:49.8

Of course, the Raspberry Pi has distinct advantages, not just in technology, but in the fact that

0:55.4

it's just much more well known than when the Apple products came out. It's acceptable for

1:02.6

people to have computers in the home, and that, of course, wasn't the case back in the mid-70s.

1:08.1

That's true, and obviously also the ubiquity computing means the price is very, very different as well.

1:15.2

It's much more accessible.

1:16.7

But, you know, I think the reason I wanted to do this is that talking to people at MaxSup last year about this sort of topic is there's a lot of people who kind of have heard of it but don't really know what it is.

1:27.2

Yeah. I suppose it was also similar with the Apple One back in the day. lot of people who kind of have heard of it but don't really know what it is.

1:27.5

Yeah.

1:31.0

I suppose it was also similar with the Apple One back in the day.

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