thank you for watching liking commenting sharing and subscribing right now you know here's a funny story freeware software that didn't cost anything that doesn't cost anything is what has drawn me deeper and deeper into the world of Apple their platforms I've been running the live video feed through a Mac Mini for about a year now had to reboot the Mac Mini mind you uh but the reason why I chose the Mac to run the live video feed at live. pill. com through ustream.
tv service which is Free by the way uh is because of a couple pieces of software cam twist freeware that allows me to add video effects like parsing RSS feeds which is what our topic is based on allows me to integrate live weather from weatherbug. com one of our our sponsors as you can see one of our partners including the rotating logos of our partners like godaddy. com and then our our live chat the live chat by the way that's a live screen capture of a free program a free IRC client called cqu least I think that's how you pronounce it um free wear and knowing that I couldn't find Windows equivalent software even shareware I I said you know this is uh this is it this is the this is this is good this this works this runs I can uh connect this firewire camera audio and video into the mac and without a problem no hiccups everything just kind of works so when it came time for gnomex my annual conference I knew I needed a MC to bring with me because I wanted to stream it in order to stream it I need to have a Mac because I needed the software so I found a couple of sponsors legit.
com and blue SkyFactory tocom and they helped us acquire a couple of MacBooks to take with us to uh gnome deck where we streamed live then the iPhone came out didn't want one didn't think it was a good idea thought it was just another device I was proven wrong one of the best consumer electronics devices I have ever owned I've been using Microsoft products for years I grew up with Doss grew up with Windows been using Windows for years but it's time tonight what started with freeware has not culminated in me ordering a Mac Pro I do I not look happy I am I'm thrilled believe you me I I did the Mac Pro happy dance earlier after I ordered it this is a big change huge change I'm not saying that everybody's got to go out and switch because believe me it's been years in the making bought my first Mac a few years ago when I was still living in San Francisco I walked into the Palo Alto store and actually shook Steve jobs' Hand he was there that day I've also met was I've I had him speak at uh gnomex 4 a few years ago um I've also met Bill Gates not a big I mean it is a big deal but it's a big deal to move your entire existence over to a different platform different things to worry about I mean I know the software is there most certainly the software is there I love the software on Mac OS 10 I love it I I don't don't have to worry about downloading spyware or viruses but Chris what about all those Legacy apps that run in Windows only ah let me go back to the sponsors for a second I approached a few of them and said uh this is what I plan on doing when Apple releases the new Mac Pros which they have done based on the Intel's 45 nmet process um I went to plascom p lq. com they make sketch there's the logo for sketch right there uh it's an easy to call it a screenshot app doesn't do it justice try it if you have a Mac and I'm sure if you already have a Mac you already know about sketch if not try it they also make Comic Life which I've been raving about for years they released a version of it for Windows recently as well so Windows or Mac users can make comics out of their digital photos it trust me you have to try it and after you try it one time I guarantee you'll register it I guarantee not an app like it on the planet that is half as much fun or half as usable and plus it's clean it's a great interface I also went to advertis here forever. com and asked if they would support and they said yes VMware Fusion uh VMware has a product for the Mac called VMware Fusion that allows you to run virtual machines I've been using this for many months I can run Windows right there on top of my Mac desktop I do it on my uh MacBook Pro works great I could run Vista or XP or really any operating system that can run inside a virtual machine which is about any operating system apple is just a announced the ability to run Mac OS 10 server inside of a virtual machine which means I can run a virtual machine of Mac OS 10 inside of Mac OS 10 so I can do testing and whatnot in a a container environment they're all helping make it possible for me to make this move I'm going to be doing more screencasts thanks to shiny whitebox outcom another partner of mine and you see their logo floating through they make uh a couple products Stomp and I show you I would use I show you to save high quality versions of the screencast um and then stomp for video effects processing you have not and I did a video on this a few months ago when they first came on as a partner um they allow you to edit video and add filters to it and change it and crop it there's no easier way to do it on either windows or the Mac or even Linux for that matter uh when I saw it I jumped out of my skin I was just whoa amazing amazing and um this doesn't change a thing as far as you're concerned doesn't change a thing I'm still going to talk about Windows still going to talk about Mac still going to talk about Linux still going to talk about tech Hardware software gaming you name it I'm still the same geek but if you ask me what I'm running on my desktop uh I'm running Windows on my desktop and I will be running Windows on my desktop it's just Windows is going to be inside a virtual machine that happens to be sitting in top Mac OS 10 so nothing changes I ordered the Mac Pro tonight and in the process saved about $1,000 configured a Mac Pro that normally would have cost 5,500 I got it for about 4,500 legally you could do the same thing this is how you do it it's no secret Apple has something called the Apple developer connection and for about $500 you can sign up get access to their seating program uh you get access to some certain marketing materials assistance uh a tech support uh I mean like dedicated tech support uh incidents just I think a limited amount of them it's not unlimited uh through this but more importantly you get the tools that will help you build software on OS 10 which I'm looking forward to doing I'm going to try my hand at building something on top of os 10 so I signed up for $500 this also entitled me to a discount a onetime discount in Apple's store online I configured a Mac Pro and saved ,000 after spending 500 which means Apple pretty much gave me a $500 coupon cost me $500 but I saved $500 at the end of the day I came out ahead Apple's certainly happy I'm sure that's a substantial amount of money to save and the computer is no slouch in fact I've already nicknamed it Big Mac because it's beefy which I realize is somewhat ironic considering Big Macs don't contain beef they contain soy patties of some kind and even soy is questionable in a Big Mac two 3.
2 GHz quad core Intel Xeon processors an Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 512 megabytes card which will support both of these 32-in monitors with dual link DV I ports a terabyte 7200 RPM Serial ATA 750 gig 7200 RPM Serial ATA so two hard drives a couple of other things including uh regular old super Drve AirPort Extreme wireless mouse keyboard U Final Cut Express I've been wanting for a while and then two gigs of RAM you can configure your Mac Pro up to 32 gigs of RAM yeah the operating system loves it go ahead try using more than 2 GB of RAM with your version of Windows I'm guessing you probably have a six a 32-bit version of Windows which isn't 64 and 32-bit versions of Windows they can pretty much only handle two gigs three kind of four really kinda not really but kind of versus 32 and software that just kind of works it's compatible so I did it the right way you know I didn't just I'm not jumping ship this has been a long time coming I'm still going to have PCS around here still going to be running Windows I've got products from oems for manufacturers uh who create uh systems for people to buy but I have I I I don't necessarily have their computer I have their products I'm going to have PCS around here through various sponsorships so I'm I'm not abandoning it Whole Hog it's just a balancing act I just feel that I'm going to be able to get more accomplished inside of os1 on a regular basis it's fun to use it's easy is it perfect no no am I a fanboy no have I uh completely forgotten about Microsoft no I support each company based on the things they do based on the products they create it's not about one or another it it never has been and it never will be I'm not that kind of geek so don't be surprised if another sponsor comes along it's like wait a minute don't use apple and they don't you know create Apple products hey if they're supporting our efforts here helping people it's what it's all about doesn't matter if it's helping people with Windows OS 10 Linux Hardware software internet I mean it's a it's a big universe of Technology here right I enjoy it all and I know even if you think I'm crazy for doing this at least I can I've told you how you can save money if you ever wanted to buy a Mac Pro and you know $4,500 I mean minus the $500 that I'm going to get other stuff with uh it's a really good price for what I got I am going to have to buy the ram El though because that's one thing another tip I should give you don't buy your RAM through Apple don't do it in fact it's questionable for you to even buy the cinema displays the only reason why you would is just because you love seeing the Apple logo which obviously I don't um I don't know where I'm going to be buying the ra the Ram from I don't know if I'm going to stick with two which I'm not likely to do I don't know if I'm going to go to 8 16 or 32 gigs don't know where I'm going to buy it don't know much how much much it's going to cost don't know if I'm going to be able to find a sponsor specifically for the ram inside of the Mac Pro um so that's still kind of up in the air I've got two to three weeks to figure out what I'm going to do with that since uh that's how long it's going to take for this thing to ship and come to me and everything they've got to assemble it and whatnot um I'm going to be adding uh the uh it's it's what would you call it it's not uh it's not a PCI card necessarily see if I've got it newer Tech they're the people that make that hard drive enclosure that I was raving about a couple weeks has an ESAT extender cable bana sent this over to me and I was grateful for it it's not uh a PCI card it takes up a slot or an area for a slot um and then the cables run to ESAT connectors inside so now I can connect ESAT drives which is great because offers more performance for external hard drives compared to fire wire or USB and it's only this this little add-on is only like 25 bucks it's like oh yeah I'll do that for better performance yeah um this is exciting I mean I was live streaming the whole ordering process earlier and people were having fun I'll be live streaming when when I actually get the Mac Pro I'm sure people are going to be asking questions up and down wanting to see inside wanting to know my experience and yes I'll share it with you no doubt about it I am not going anywhere nothing well I can't say nothing Chang things change are you going to see more mac related content maybe depends on the kind of top five list you guys submit it depends on the kind of stuff that I find interesting uh I mean there are certainly things I talk about that are platform neutral all the time I just I just love technology and I I know I I wanted to explain my whole reasoning further the 50 reasons I'm making the switch are going to be posted to my blog chris. pill. com uh certainly more sponsors are going to come aboard uh and you know the logos will continue to rotate through they've been very supportive of my efforts and honestly the community has as well I've seen a lot more people warm up to the idea of buying a Mac in the past year than I ever had before and I think it's largely because of what's Happening inside the World of Windows more than anything more than Apple really doing well with the iPhone with OS 10 with their Hardware I I think it's more of what I've been dealing with with Windows there's already Rumblings of Windows 7 right around the corner haven't even released Vista Service Pack one but they're already saying no it's going to be completely different from Vista would I ever switch back to Windows maybe not going to rule it out uh it's a possibility if you make a better product I'm interested I still love Microsoft as much as I love Apple much much as I love any company really much as I I love any company that lets me do things that I want to do I respect each company and they're different companies by the way apple is closer to an HP than it is uh a Microsoft they're they're just companies with different goals different mission statements different ethos so I guess I'm going Mac still have PCS floating around here don't worry about that I am happy I may not look it but I am it's just a lot to a lot to take in and it will continue to be that way for a while so don't think I've become a Mac Fanboy and don't think I'm i' become a total Microsoft Basher because nothing could be further the from the truth in fact Microsoft has been one of the most supportive companies of my efforts over the years I will give them credit for that absolutely absolutely I'm going to be running Microsoft Office on my uh Mac no doubt about it I love it I love what they did with the the new version of office for the Mac love it love it don't have it yet but I like what I've seen enough to say yeah I I want to run that of course if you didn't want to go that route you could obviously download like Neo Office for Mac OS 10 which is an open source office suite not as not as extensive certainly as Microsoft Office but uh any other way I I uh I've been dealing with a lot of operating systems for a lot of years this is a it's a big change but it's it's really kind of been a long time coming just don't don't be a hater please if anything maybe you got a few tips and suggestions for me my email address is Chris ato.
com I have a uh uh I've I've got a blog post I did a couple months ago the top 100 Mac apps that I thought were the top 100 and uh it's a good list it's a solid list other people have appreciated that as well uh so I I I know enough about it to know that's where I want to be I've been using it up to know that's where I want to be this is a very informed decision I know I've made this this kind of recommendation and using their products other people have purchased Max based on me just using it and talking about it they've purchased their own and made the switch and I hadn't even fully done it yet I'm never really going to fully do it ponzi's not going to be switching she's still using the World of Windows she's fine with it it's fine uh I'm just looking for the best that's out there or what I perceive is the best out there not a fan boy I'm just a geek anyway um let me know your thoughts uh you know am I crazy am I not crazy should I get eight 16 or 32 gigs of RAM what other things do I need to be looking into other products inside this world of Apple that I may or may not know about products that are technology independent or maybe uh something that uh can only be done perfectly well inside of Windows that can't be done in Mac OS 10 let me know I'll be interested in taking a look taking a listen I'm open-minded believe you me you will never find a more open-minded geek ever so with that I'm going to invite you over to our chat room which is open 24 hours a day we're typically talking Tech sometimes about Mac stuff sometimes about Windows talking about Trends news products reviews you never really know what's going to happen even this late at night hundreds of people have been tuning in watching us record videos watching me order a shiny new Mac talking about this stuff because we're all wrestling with these same issues but you are welcome to join us even if it's to say hi answer a few questions ask a few questions we're there seven days a week and open on holidays even if I'm not in front of the computer here I I'm doing something else sometimes even streaming from somewhere that's nowhere near this desk but the one website where you can find me and the rest of us this community is one place in one place alone live. pill.
