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Apple has publicly published their response to the FCC! Listen in as we smackdown about this and a few other topics.

Apologies for the audio quality on this one. Skype wasn’t kind to us, it seems.

Posted in Macrumors.com this week an apparantly lucky so and so received their brand new Mac Mini with a little extra surprise.  A Snow Leopard 10.6 instal disk.  Could this be a mistake?  Could have this been a planned Apple leak?  Is this fake?  You decide.  But it has done a lot to stir up the rumor mill as to when Snow Leopard is shipping.

In fact, most rumors are now pointing to Aug. 28th as the date.  Here is a question for you all.  Since this is WAY earlier than Win 7, will this effect Win 7’s launch at all.  The two positives out the of the gate for Snow Leopard would then be the early release and the price.  Any thoughts?

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Apple has publicly answered the FCC!? What??

Ok, I am a bit late with this post but Rich over at WindowsObserver.com posted something on Sunday that is quite an eyebrow raiser.  According to rich:

After seeing a few tweets on this I had to go check it out myself and was quite amazed at what I saw. On the Amazon.com MAC OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard product page it shows what customers ultimately buy after viewing the item – and it shows that 75% of them head over and purchase either the Windows 7 Home premium Upgrade (50%) or the Windows 7 Professional Upgrade (25%).

If the OS X update is #1 in Software already then that means a lot of people are buying the Windows 7 upgrade from that page. I would love to talk to some of those folks and find out how they got on that page in the first place and then ended up buying the Windows 7 upgrade.

WHAT?!  Some interesting developments.  What does all this mean? One thing is for sure, the Win7 vs. OSX debate will be a fantastic one once both OS’s are ready to go.

Any thoughts?  We welcome your comments.

by Michael Penney

I thought I’d start off my blogging on the Smackdown website on a lighter note. As Cal pointed out in tonight’s episode (101), I am from Canada. We have a satirical TV show up here called the Royal Canadian Air Farce. Collectively, it is some of the best examples of Canadian comedy all rolled into one juicy package.

Here is one of their skits that I am sure you will all enjoy. Yes. It is Smackdown related, though it doesn’t seem so at first. And remember that this is very old.

Is the iPhone going double-wide with iTablet?  Is Microsoft photocopying Apple with their stores?  Plus, Cal gives you an assesment on his netbook and Win7.

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According to Appleinsider, design consulting firm Lippicott has leaked some preliminary plans for the layout and design of the upcoming Microsoft retail stores.

On closer inspection, though, the influence becomes at times extremely close. The reference store seen by Gizmodo would have a Guru Bar — in some slides labeled as an Answer Bar or Windows Bar — that would directly copy the Genius Bars at Apple stores and let customers make appointments either for help or just to ask questions. The number of products would be kept to a minimum to avoid the confusion present in stores where most Windows PCs are sold today. Microsoft’s outlets would even revive the theater component that Apple has mostly tossed aside: an “event space” at the back of the store would provide a dedicated screen and seating for training sessions or social events.

Are you kidding me? Really?  Really? (I know, sorry Rachel)  Guru Bar?  You couldn’t even come up with a half-way original name?  Why not Guru Central, or Guru Help Desk?  Geez.

Furthermore, when you see the images below, I am sure Windows and Mac fans will smack their collective foreheads and say…WTF?

Let me make one point perfectly clear.  If THIS is their approach, AND they intend on putting these next to Apple stores I can some this all in one word…FAIL.

I welcome your comments.

Microsoft stores and Google Voice.  Lots of fun stuff to talk about as we are one episode away from our 100th show!

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Windows 7 family pack and Google’s shiney chrome OS news. Plus, we discuss mail programs.

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