Oct 22, 2014
Recorded live on October 21, 2014
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- Joe recommends AirBase from Giros Design, a great mounting option for AirPort Extreme or AirPort Time Capsule; flexible mounting options include single/dual gang wall boxes, vertical/horizontal orientation, and wall/ceiling mount; plus AirGuard to secure device in place for ceiling mount; also, AirLatch mounts Apple TV to back of TV
- we discuss the new Mac mini Late 2014, and attempt to read the handwriting in the tea leaves on the wall; see Mac Mini Vault's teardown and benchmarks
- what are the implications of soldered RAM when Apple's memory pricing is fairly competitive
- what does the lack of Quad Core processor mean in practice for Server use? depends on number of services and users, but what is the tipping point? how close is that tipping point to Mac Pro territory?
- with small data sets stored on the internal hard drive, the PCIe-based flash storage should offer a significant benefit vs. the HDD or even SSD options of previous models, perhaps making up for the lack of Quad Core in many circumstances
- friend of the show Mark Fuccio points out the news today from Connected Data, announcing Transporter Genesis for Business which offers private cloud service in the form of rack mountable hardware unit, plus client software to enable file sharing and syncing that users expect from services like Dropbox; see also last week's discussion
- we stumble through a discussion of Family Sharing; here's the simple explanation from Apple: "Music, movies, TV shows, and books can be downloaded on up to 10 devices per account, five of which can be computers."
- Great Firewall of China attempting MITM attack on iCloud.com?
- anyone going to MacTech Conference November 5-7, 2014?