Episode 197: Uncomfortably Similar
Daniel and Manton react to Apple’s September 9 event, consider the iPad Pro’s potential impact on the future of the Mac, and remark on Apple’s unusual decision to provide early hardware to developers for the new Apple TV.
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- Apple Special Event – Apple’s streaming video from the September 9 event.
- Federico Viticci – Founder of MacStories and an avid iPad user.
- Apple Pencil – Apple finally releases a stylus.
- FiftyThree Pencil – Yes, they got there first, but “pencil” is probably not trademarkable.
- OS X Running on ARM – Rich Siegel of Bare Bones predicts it will happen within two years.
- VMWare Fusion – Popular solution for running Windows on a Mac.
- Apple TVML – New JavaScript based markup language for Apple TV.
- Wii Remote – Nintendo’s gaming remote, which seems to inspire some Apple TV remote features.
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