The Mac Experience in Business & Home: Help, Tips, Discussion & Radio Show Notes

Thanks to Steve and Johnnie and WGN for the media badge. Listen to our broadcast on Website Wednesday Night starting just after 11PM CST, broadcast across 38-states, old-school style radio on AM 720, or via the internet, new-school style. http://www.wgnradio.com

With a glance at my badge, the security guard dressed from Men in Black, directed me to a mob of journalists and other pretenders with media badges where we waited for 45 minutes prior to Steve Jobs’ keynote address. Listening to them speculate about Steve’s announcements, the mostly young and wrinkle-clothed crowd glanced excitedly around them, smiling nervously, some gathering around authoritative-sounding prognosticators, others quietly text-messaging or sitting on the floor typing into their laptops. http://www.moscone.com/

Before we get to the newsletter, which this month *attempts* to stay relevant while covering Shark attack and identity theft, let me share our news that OnDeckTech is currently the featured consultant on Apple’s Consultants website: http://consultants.apple.com , you can skip directly to our Spotlight here: http://consultants.apple.com/profiles/ondecktech .
Shark-bite and Identity theft..? Back up for a moment!

I bet you have heard about the recent shark attacks, and about the theft of 200,000 records from Atlanta-based Card Solutions Systems Inc..

It’s been about a week since the announcement that Apple Computer will be switching all of its systems from IBM to the Intel chip set by some time in 2007. On Wednesday night’s radio show ( http://wgnradio.com/shows/steve_johnnie/cyber.htm ) we discussed the issue and I weighed in, this is a recap of the opinions expressed then. I’m going to note my opinions before watching the keynote presentation by Steve Jobs when he made the announcement, and then review it with you to see if his delivery alters my perspective.

Before viewing the keynote: