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MacJury #1106: Investing and Doing Business In the Apple Ecosystem

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Operating in the shadow of Apple may be different than any other company in the world. A special MacJury convenes to discuss the benefits and challenges of doing business in and as part of the Apple ecosystem. What makes the Apple space different and what that is attractive from a business and investing perspective, the most recommended area for developers to get involved in, and a case study of how one hardware company approached it, are included in the deliberations. The question of the number of apps in the Mac App Store, the store’s features and how what is and isn’t there affects vendors, the importance of demo versions and much more are covered by the very diverse panel of Mark Fuccio, Tom Loverro, Rich Harrington, Jean MacDonald and host Chuck Joiner.

MacJury #1105: The MacJury Hears Preliminary Arguments on OS X Lion

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After only a few hours with the release of OS X 10.7 Lion, members of The MacJury go on the record with their first impressions, favorite features and missing pieces of Apple’s new big cat. Concern is expressed over Apple’s tending toward bandwidth intensity, a cable provider is found guilty, and software incompatibility warnings are issued. The panel examines the question of natural and unnatural scrolling, finds a missing piece of Finder information, explains why Lion Server is exciting and more. Putting their heads in Lion’s mouth are Peter Cohen, Jeff Gamet, Steve Sande and host Chuck Joiner.

MacVoices #1178: Matt Neuburg Takes Control of Using Lion

Matt Neuburg has spent a whole lot of time with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion during its beta period, and shares what he learned to help you make full use of it in Take Control of Using Lion. In a conversation that is part practical advice, part philosophical discussion, Matt details how features like Auto Save, the new scrolling architecture, and gestures will affect your productivity, and how you look at your software tools, both old and new. Full screen apps, the Launchpad and more are all covered as Matt helps you take full advantage of Lion’s new features by understanding how they fit in to the Mac environment.

MacVoices #1177: Joe Kissell Takes Full Control of Upgrading to Lion

Joe Kissell has been living with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Lion for some time now, and shares some of the bleeding-edge wisdom from his new book, Take Control of Upgrading to Lion v1.1. Whether you plan to install Lion immediately, or wait a few weeks for the dust to settle, Joe can help you make the transition safely and easily. We talk to Joe about what the recovery petition can and can’t do, some apps that require you to do data conversions before, not after, doing the upgrade, and why you may want to plan a night out around your Lion install.

MacVoices #1176: Parallels 6 Enterprise Edition Eases the Implementation of Virtualization in Business

Kim Johnston and David Abramowski
Macs are becoming more and more important in the enterprise market, and Parallels just made them even more attractive with the release of Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac Enterprise Edition. Kim Johnston, Vice President of Marketing for Parallels and David Abramowski, Marketing Principal for Collabix, cover some intriguing statistics about Macs in business before discussing the capabilities of this new release. Not only for the end user, but the IT professional as well, this edition of Parallels focuses on ease of deployment as well as maintenance, lessening resistance from support staffs and making it easier to meet the needs of employees, who are increasingly demanding choice and diversity in their computing platforms. Kim and David cover hardware requirements, pricing models and more.