Essential Apple Podcast 83: From ZX81 to Ledgers…

Recorded 8th April 2018 This week... we have Mark Sealey the CEO of web development company MarkWorks. This is a man who has been involved with computers almost from the start - he's written for the Financial Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph and more, been a contributor to [MyMac] (http://www.mymac.com), MacNN and ThinkSecret and been involved with RISC User, Archimedes World, Acorn Computing, Acorn User and MacFormat. Remember you don't need a special invite to join our Slack community any more, you can now just click on this bit.ly/EAP_Slack instead! On this week's show: <h4>MARK SEALEY</h4> Sinclair ZX81 BBC Micro Acorn Computers RISC OS Probably the best way to try RISC OS is to get the Raspberry Pi version from here Apple will reportedly ditch Intel chips in Macs as early as 2020 – The Verge HP Envy x2 ARM Windows 10 “Always Connected PC” available to preorder – The Verge AVID Sibelius Steinberg/Dorico SEE Finance Design Thinking <h4>SECURITY</h4> Elon Musk says “Do you trust this computer?” – CNet Watch it here It may no longer be free though... <h4>WORTH-A-CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS</h4> Nord VPN Special Offer for viewers to this YouTube channel. A very generous 77% discount on the 3 year subscription. That's 6 devices for 3 years for $99... (Equivalent to $2.75 a month, which is just 46c per device per month!) If I wasn't already signed up to Proton I would be very tempted by this. I don't know how long the deal lasts so if you are interested go snap it up here Nemo's Hardware Store (xx:xx) No Hardware Store this week as Nemo is taking a break and bracing himself for a big truckload of new goodies to be delivered ready for next week. Social Media and Slack <h4>You can follow us on:</h4> EssentialApple.com / Pinecast / Twitter / Facebook / Google Plus / Slack Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.