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MacVoices #26206: Live! – Debating Apple’s Price Increase Strategy

Jul 9, 2026 | MacVoices Live!

The MacVoices Live! panel dives deep into Apple’s across-the-board price increases, weighing rising RAM, storage, inflation, shareholder obligations, and product value. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Ben Roethig, Eric Bolden, Marty Jencius, Jeff Gamet, Norbert Frassa, Jim Rea, and Web Bixby debate whether higher prices are a short-term reset or the new normal, how buyers may react, why the MacBook Neo increase stings, and whether refurbished or education pricing may become more important.

MacVoices #26174: Live! – AI Ethics, Papal Warnings, and Kansas City’s MacBook Neo Bet

Jun 11, 2026 | MacVoices Live!

The MacVoices Live! panel explores Pope Leo’s comments on AI ethics, technology regulation, environmental costs, labor disruption, and the need for moral guardrails without stopping innovation. Chuck Joiner, David Giinsburg, Jeff Gamet, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Jim Rea, Eric Bolden, Marty Jencius, and Web Bixby compare today’s AI concerns to earlier industrial upheaval, then shifts to Kansas City’s school technology plan involving MacBook Neo systems and iPads, with debate over deployment, education value, and implementation challenges.

MacVoices #26154: Live! – The Steve Jobs Coin, The MacBook Neo, A Wide-Reaching Hack, and Digg’s Return…Again

May 26, 2026 | MacVoices Live!

A wide range of tech stories get the MacVoices treatment, starting with the quick sellout of the Steve Jobs commemorative coin and what strong MacBook Neo demand may say about Apple’s pricing, chip planning, and enterprise appeal. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Marty Jencius, Eric Bolden, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Jeff Gamet and Mark Fuccio also discuss Apple updates unexpectedly changing settings, a Canvas ransomware disruption affecting schools, Chrome’s hidden AI download, Google’s Liquid Glass similarities, Digg’s AI-focused return, and safer lithium coin batteries.

MacVoices #26101: Live! – Hands-On With the MacBook Neo

Mar 19, 2026 | MacVoices Live!

Member of the MacVoices Live! panel dive into early hands-on impressions of the new MacBook Neo, highlighting its lightweight design, surprising performance, and emphasis on fun over raw power. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Marty Jencius, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Jim Rea, Web Bixby, Eric Bolden, and Jeff Gamet cover real-world workflows, battery life, portability, and compatibility, along with trade-offs like screen quality and speed limitations. Find out why the Neo is a hit with panel members, regardless of their use cases.

MacVoices #26091: Live! – RAM Shortages and Neo Premonitions

Mar 5, 2026 | MacVoices Live!

With one day of Apple announcements left, the MacVoices panel tackles rising RAM and storage prices and what shortages could mean for upcoming devices. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Marty Jencius, Jeff Gamet, Eric Bolden, Web Bixby, and Jim Rea debate whether Apple’s bigger base configs are simply planned far in advance, a response to component pricing, or a signal of hardware requirements for upcoming AI features like an improved Siri. Attention then shifts to the rumored “Neo” MacBook, its likely education focus, and whether Apple’s new displays risk becoming niche due to strict compatibility limits.

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MacVoices #26089: Live! – New M5 Macs At All Levels

Mar 4, 2026 | MacVoices Live!

https://youtu.be/dbQL7GkthZU Shortly after the announcement, the MacVoices Live! panel examines Apple’s new M5 Mac lineup, including refreshed MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Marty Jencius, Jeff Gamet, Eric...

MacVoices #25161: Road to Macstock – Allison Sheridan

Jun 9, 2025 | Events

On The Road to Macstock Conference and Expo Allison Sheridan previews both her workshop and her session. Her main talk focuses on how everyone has something valuable to contribute, while her workshop explores the advanced capabilities of Apple Photos on the Mac. Both sessions reflect her passion for empowering others through technology and developing community.

MacVoices #25099: Live! – Apple Watch Lawsuit, No More Space Gray, 1Password, A Digg Reboot

Mar 25, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

The panel of Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Marty Jencius, Jim Rea, and Web Bixby discusses Apple’s patent victory protecting Apple Watch, the discontinuation of space gray Macs, and the implications of Apple Silicon upgrades. They explore 1Password’s new location-based features, the practicality of high-end Macs, and share excitement over the revival of Digg.

MacVoices #25098: Live! – New Mac Studio, New MacBook Air, Apple Intelligence

Mar 24, 2025 | MacVoices Live!

This MacVoices Live! panel delivers their reactions to Apple’s latest hardware, including the Mac Studio and MacBook Air with M4 chips, and debates the implications of Apple Intelligence delays. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Marty Jencius, Jim Rea, and Web Bixby discuss AI integration, Siri improvements, and compare Apple’s contextual approach to other generative AI tools. There’s also a exploration of creative uses for AI-generated content, who is using it, and what for.

MacVoices #23272: “Scary Fast” Discussion – Event and New iMacs (1)

Nov 1, 2023 | Events, Hardware, MacVoices Live!

Less than 24 hours after Apple’s “Scary Fast”, MacVoices Live! convened the panel of Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Jim Rea, Eric Bolden, Patrice Brend’amour, Ben Roethig, Jeff Gamet, Mark Fuccio and Kelly Guimont. The discussion starts with the presentation aspects of...

MacVoices #22237 – MacVoices Holiday Gift Guide #4 with Brittany Smith, Mike Schmitz, and Joe Kissell (1)

Nov 22, 2022 | Gift Guides

The fourth MacVoices Holiday Gift Guide for 2022 features picks from Brittany Smith, Mike Schmitz, and Joe Kissell, and range from weather-related picks to power devices, audio to health related picks. (Part 1) MacVoices is supported by Rocket Money. Cancel unwanted...

MacVoices #22232: About An Hour with Josh Centers on iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 (2)

Nov 15, 2022 | Author, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Software, Take Control

In the second part of our “About An Hour With Josh Centers” live event, Josh covers productivity challenges of iPad vs. MacBook and shares his screen to show off Home Screen customization. Questions from the audience chat, Focus modes, and Lock Screen security round...

MacVoices #22231: About An Hour with Josh Centers on iOS and iPadOS (1)

Nov 14, 2022 | Author, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Take Control

In our first-ever “About An Hour With” live event on the MacVoices channel on YouTube, Josh Centers, the author of Take Control of iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, starts off with when and why to update to the new OS versions, the Home app and Matter, and changes with Apple...

MacVoices #21017: MacVoices Live! – CES Wrap-Up and Mac Redesigns (2)

Jan 26, 2021 | Hardware, MacVoices Live!

The second part of our MacVoices Live conversation with David Ginsburg, Jim Rea, Jeff Gamet, Kelly Guimont, Brittany Smith, and Mark Fuccio focused on the all the speculation and rumors that have been going around the web about potential/probable Macintosh redesigns....

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