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. 

Ok, you may have heard the AUDIO BOO I did earlier.  If not, it is posted below for your listening enjoyment.  But I just have get this out in a post as there is a bit of elaboration needed.

First of all let me tell you that I am writing this on my Dell Mini 10v and that the blue PARITY ERROR screen pops up only once in a while and only on start up.  After that, I can usually boot into safe mode then restart normally and the problem goes away…usually.  There are two rants I have to make here.

First of all, the Dell tech support.  The positives.  There were many.  Very curtious, very polite, very eager to help and respond.  I have to state that I really do appreciate that.  However, what I soooooo don’t appreciate is that five time, FIVE FREAKIN’ TIMES, they had pushed me to buy MORE warranty coverage.  Everyone, please let me explain something to Dell.  THE TIME TO PUSH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON SOMEONE IS NOT, I REPEAT NOT WHEN THEY ARE HAVING PROBLEMS.  ALL YOU WILL DO IS PISS THEM OFF!  There that is off my chest.

Second of all, I STILL don’t have a definitive answer what the problem is.  When I take something to the Apple store 8 times out of 10 they can tell me right away what could be the problem.  If I have to leave it with them overnight I get a response the next day.   But now I have to send it in, be without it for up to 10 days, and THEN find out what the problem is.  All things point to something going wrong with the RAM but we just don’t know.

I know, I know, and I’ve had so many people say “you brought this on yourself” “you should have gotten the Mac?” Yes, and thank you for those warm regards   The point I want to make here is not one of one computer platform over another.   Moreover, I just want to reiterate how much I appreciate having an Apple store withing driving distance.  I can GET things taken care of quite fast and I have been spoiled by that.

Now here we come to a point that we have been kicking around on the show for a bit.  So let’s just say that I have a new Microsoft store nearby.  Will I be able to take a Dell Mini 10v to it and get support?  How is Microsoft going to handle a situation like mine?

I welcome your comments as always.

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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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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.

Tonight we muddle through talking about file structure and search on Windows and OSX.

Episode #92

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You know, we have talked a lot on this show about these two sets of ad campaigns.  When it comes down to it, the conversation always turns to how many of the facts are twisted.  So, let’s hear it!  Which ad campaign do YOU thinks has the most facts WRONG?

Here is the answer from APPLE. Does this hit the mark or fall flat?

As always, I welcome your comments.

Rachel and Cal talk about thier favorite PC and MAC apps as we welcome Rachel back from her vacation

Episode #91

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