by Richard MacLemale | May 10, 2023 | Blog Posts
Of all the stupid, tone-deaf things for Apple to do, they decide to release Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro on the iPad using a subscription model. Ask Waves how that worked out for them. I’m a big Apple fan, but this is a bridge too far. Online, people are...
by Richard MacLemale | May 6, 2023 | Blog Posts
I just bought a reconditioned M1 Mac Mini from Amazon for $440. It’s the entry level, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB internal SSD. The internal SSD is blazingly fast – I’m getting write speeds of 2,300 MB/s and read speeds of 2,950 MB/s. As I type this in 2023,...
by Richard MacLemale | Apr 17, 2023 | Blog Posts
Back in the late 90s and early 00s, I was a shareware developer. I ran Cool Classroom Software, and put out education shareware titles Secret Agent, Test Pilot Typer, Mr. Fixitup, and Lester McMultiply. I was teaching 5th grade at the time, so it was really just a...
by Richard MacLemale | Apr 16, 2023 | Blog Posts
As I type this, it’s April 16, 2023. And Amazon is still selling refurbished M1 Mac Minis with 8 GB of RAM for $449. You can’t buy a USED Mac for that money that will come close to competing with it. I like Geekbench scores. They’re not perfect,...
by Richard MacLemale | Apr 6, 2023 | Blog Posts
The first time I realized that journalists and reporters can be lazy was when I was a semi-expert on a topic. In my case, I was basically a systems engineer dealing with the Mac OS. I was reading an article on a major news site about the Mac, and it was really...
by Richard MacLemale | Mar 29, 2023 | Blog Posts, Uncategorized
A few days ago, the Dollar General of plugins (Waves) decided to stop selling individual plugins and move to a model of forever subscriptions, where you tie the fortunes of your recording career to your financial investment in Waves. To add insult to injury, if you...
