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In the last installment we reminisced on the Intel era and the one time Steve Jobs was publicly yelled at by developers. In this edition, we're looking at some photo books focused on Apple design and setting the record straight on the iPhone. Designed By Apple in California Simple Beep hosted two shows about Apple …
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In the last installment we reviewed the Butterfly Keyboard and iTunes 13 vaporware. In this edition we'll look at Intel Macs, angry engineers, and AI. Intel Macs Apple completed the transition to Intel in 2006 and Simple Beep celebrated in its January 2016 episode with a look back at the transition. They made some interesting comments and …
I bought my first dedicated gaming PC in 2014 and replaced it after numerous upgrades in late 2023. I intentionally kept it around so that the boys could use it for light gaming as its GeForce RTX 2070 is still capable at 1080p even in modern games. The boys were generally iPad gamers, but occasionally …
Simple Beep is a podcast focused on the history of Apple and the Mac community. It’s hosted by childhood friends Brian Sutorius and Ed Cormady, who discuss topics from Apple’s history and their experience with them. The podcast started in 2014 and released 90 episodes by its end in 2021. I’ve listened to nearly every episode, …
I’ve had my iPhone 17 Pro and Apple Watch Series 10 for a half a year now. It’s about time for some reviews. iPhone 17 Pro Let’s cut to the chase: the most important feature of the iPhone 17 Pro for me is the color. That’s why I bought it. 1The color is great. I’m …
Apple capped off a three-day product release extravaganza a couple weeks ago with what to many was its most anticipated product: a “cheap” MacBook. It’s been rumored for years, I wrote about it in November (see how my predictions landed), and it’s finally here. Say hello to MacBook Neo. I’ll get to my thoughts in a bit, but let’s cut to …
The long-rumored low-cost MacBook was released last week as the MacBook Neo. It’s a 13” laptop based on an iPhone chip and offers 8 GB RAM, 256 GB storage, and four color options starting at $599. I’ll post my thoughts about it in a bit after some of the reviews come out, but today I’d like …
Back in the nineties, before USB was the common way to connect everything from keyboards to RAIDs to junk from Temu, SCSI was the king of fast storage connections. Macs had a form of SCSI since the 1986 Mac Plus and an entire ecosystem of hard drives, scanners, and removable storage drives were built around …
The photo above includes some very unique “Macs” that I’ve picked up recently, alongside a real one that I’ve had for a while. Let’s explore them, from left to right: the pico-mac-nano the Maclock, the Wokyis M5, and a real Mac Plus. pico-mac-nano The pico-mac-nano is a functional Macintosh measuring roughly 2 x 2 x 1.5 inches. It embeds …
The AI-generated image for this post was created by WordPress based on the content of this article. It's terrible but also hilarious. In between the hustle and bustle of the end of year, I was able to make some upgrades at our house over the holidays. Smart Light Switches We’re moderate users of smart devices. …
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