April 30, 2005
Apple’s release of OS X 10.4 Tiger dominates the show, from people lining up at stores to the brothers’ repeated Tiger sound effect, while Apple’s removal of a publisher’s books over an unauthorized Steve Jobs biography prompts criticism from Dr. Dave. A RAID discussion becomes an example of looking past technical performance claims to the return on a customer’s money, and an on-air client reports that a modest memory and cooling repair transformed a computer he expected to replace. The second hour mixes jokes about fake ice-cream offers with reports about misspelled-domain attacks, phishing, pharming, Internet advertising and Microsoft’s stated Longhorn hardware requirements. Callers provide successful repair follow-ups and praise for Dr. Dave’s community help, while Dr. Dave refuses to endorse a security product he has not tested and the studio wishes Mad Max and Patrick happy birthday.
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