451: ‘Taking Drugs to Get Fat’, With John Moltz

The great John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s hardware price hikes in response to the global RAM/SSD shortage, and some spitballing on what we like about the UI changes in the MacOS 27 Golden Gate beta.

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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.

Links:

• RAM Doubler and DiskDoubler, which came from two different developers.
• StuffIt and Compact Pro.
• “Apple in China” by Patrick McGee.
• Patrick McGee on The Talk Show last year.
• “Go Computer Now!”, Ben Zotto’s book on Sphere Computer Corporation.
• Movies:
  • The Player
  • Airplane!
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail
• "Apple Faced Bipartisan Opposition When It Last Lobbied to Buy Chinese RAM in 2022".
• Gnome, Lex Friedman's clever new animated GIF search/library utility for Mac and iOS. (Also: My link to Gnome at DF.)
• Biff! -- Moltz's fun superhero TV/movie podcast cohosted with Dan Moren and Guy English.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.