Yes you read that right.  Rachel and I are handing the show off to our regulars.  We will be moving on to other things.  We want to thank all of our listeners for the support and wishes on the show over the 3 years we’ve been doing this.  I will sorely miss the conversations, and the banter.  But life has to move on.  Take care of yourselves.  Take care of each other.  See you on the silver screen someday. Cal and Rachel.

There WILL be a new show next week.  I will be a guest as we do a transitional show with the new cast. 

Number 100! baby!  Yes, we made it.  We walk down memory lane looking back on our favorite episodes

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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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Mark (The Zune Guy) Metz and Cal take on the subject of what makes a Mac or a PC what they are in a new CAGEMATCH edition!

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Rachel and Cal have a spat about the SMACKDOWN netbook purchase.  We also have JEFF POWERS from GEEKAZINE.COM.  We discuss Windows Security Essentials and Netbook Collusion.

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Looks like reports are coming in that Apple is going to make an upgrade to Snow Leopard only $9.99 if you buy a Mac between June 8th and September when the new OS is available.  Gee…$20 savings. Wow.  What will I do with that extra cash?  Maybe buy an iTunes gift card? 

Seriously, you have to admit if you are in the Mac camp things are just about perfectly rosy in the upgrade department.  Makes me want to forgo the Dell Mini and get that 13″ MacBook Pro.  More on that on tomorrow night’s show

Hmm….I was looking at the specs of the 13″ MacBook Pro this morning (ok, drooling).  Something struck me as a bit odd.  In comparing all three sizes there is a port that seems to go away on the 13″. See if you can spot it.

Do you see it?  On the 13″ there is no audio line in!  Now, for most that may not be a big deal.  In fact, an M-Audio Transit will do just as well via USB.  However, if you do any kind of streaming via Ustream or other means on the cheap, that little plug can really come in handy.

We welcome your thoughts.

I am home sick from work today.  A bummer if you look at it from the being sick point of view.  Pretty cool if you look at it from the “I can now watch the WWDC live stream from home without all those pesky customers getting in the way” point of view.  (I am so kidding about the customer part).  Anyway, since I am home coughing up a lung, how about having a little fun an hour or so before WWDC.  Here is a fun poll you may enjoy.  Have at it!

We discuss the new Project Natel from Microsoft, Zune HD, and the Apple Clones coming to a store near you!  A big thanks to Eric and Mark (Zuney).  Sorry about the live chat page and the chat room problems.  We will certianly work on it for the next show.

Ok folks, next week the show is on Thursday night, which is where we do something a bit different.  We will run our trivia gameshow as usual but I also want to try something different.  I would like to have a segment where we have all of YOU write in with your favorite Mac and PC jokes.  Here is a couple of ideas to get you warmed up:

Your Mac is so overpriced that……

or

Your PC is so riddled with viruses that….

you get the idea.

I will start with one of my own favorite.  “The day Microsoft makes something that doesn’t suck is the day they start making vacum cleaners”.

Leave your joke in the comments here and we will read them on the show!

Have fun.