BPM Tech Ep. 18 "The Spec Filled Episode" (a look at the MacBook & Surface Studio announcements)

Summary: On THIS episode: * It's Mac versus PC 2016! Fight, fight, fight. Actually, we'll take a look at the new shiny products from Microsoft and Apple. * And we'll share our favorite spots in the Birchwood District of Bellingham. Ya got yer shiny new tech toys, ya got your cool places to go, but ya don't have annoying ads or commercials RIGHT HERE.. on BPM Tech! This show: * AJ & Chris * Before we get started; PREFACE briefly what hardware workflow do we have/use and era and how we are speaking to this new “shiny” gear: * Creative/Photographer AJ: * MacBook Pro 15” retina 2015. iPad mini Retina (no touch iD), iPhone 5S, (and of course camera gear) * Professional Tech Chris: * Macbook Pro 13 Retina w/27” monitor, iPad Pro 12.9, and an iPhone 6s+ * Chromebook 11 laptop, Asus Android Tablet 8”, and VirtualBox running Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 VMs... just because. * _MacBook _ * “A touch of genius” * 13” http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/13-inch * $1499 base (i5 2.0 8gb) Iris 540 * $1799 touch (i5 2.9 8gb) bumped graphics Iris 550 * 15” http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/15-inch * $2399 i7 with Radion 450 (2gb vram) * **_Microsoft Surface _** * “The most productive devices on the planet” * *Note iMac 21.5 (4K) $1499 (base model no 4K is $1099)* * *27” (5k) $1799* * Studio- * 1TB / Intel Core i5 - 8GB RAM / 2GB GPU = $2999 * preorders got the Dial for free * 2TB / Intel Core i7 - 32GB RAM / 4GB GPU (MAX) $4199 * Surface Pro 4 * 128GB / Intel Core m3 - 4GB RAM $749 * Surface Book * 256GB / Intel Core i7 - 8GB / dGPU $2,399.00 * _iPads_ (pencil $99) * 12.9 Pro 32gb $799 * 9.7 Pro 32gb $599 * Air 2 32gb $399 * Mini 4 32Gb $399 Bellingham Districts (From South to North) - Birchwood District * Chris - Hops n Headz (http://hopsnheadz.com/) brewery * AJ - I'm cheating this week- its close but not in the district WFC Country Story, Farmers Co-Op http://www.chsnw.com (http://www.chsnw.com/) * * * **Listener Voicemail** Hey all you out there in PodcastLand! Give us a call at 201-731-8324 (tel:2017318324), that's **201-731-TECH** and leave us a voicemail. Let us know what you think of the show. Ask us a question about technology. We'll be happy to answer your questions —ASKED NICELY, of course — in our future shows. * * * Subdued App-on-tap * AJ -LastPass (http://www.lastpass.com/) goes free (no more premium required) iOS Android and Win Phone * Chris - Copied for iOS and OSX (http://copiedapp.com/) - Full-featured Clipboard Manager. $8/desktop, $5/mobile. * * * Subdued Stalking * AJ: just launched a new vlog for my Patreon patrons on how the LIFX bulb powered Light Staff was built patreon.com/ajbarse (http://patreon.com/ajbarse) or follow me on Twitter/Instagram both are @ajbarse * Chris: In addition to WhatcomWorkflow.com (http://whatcomworkflow.com/) and Twitter, my writings are now available on Medium.com (http://medium.com/) in a publication entitled “Quiet Conversations (https://medium.com/quiet-conversations).”