Ep. 177 - Smoke 'em if ya got 'em – This week, we discuss Apple pricing, Free ChatGPT is dead, OnePlus is truly over, done with and gone, & even MS couldn't make Win11 work on 8GB of RAM. Join us for all this and more!
Recorded Sunday July 19, 2026 - Live from iTechGear Central
Hosts Chris Spera - EiC iTechGear.org Christopher Gavula - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Editor Gear Diary and pocketnow.com Joel McLaughlin - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Writer Gear Diary. Current The Linux Link Tech Show Host, Living in the Retro Arcade Podcast and Fitness for the Rest of Us Larry McJunkin - Editor at iTechGear, Co-owner, WUGNET Publications, Retired
Apple Segment Apple Pricing - Larry http://itgw.tny.cc/2c, http://itgw.tny.cc/2b CarPlay works with over 120 apps - Larry http://itgw.tny.cc/2a
AI Segment Free ChatGPT is Dead - Chris G. http://itgw.tny.cc/29 AI Bubble vs. Dot-Com Crash - History is Repeating - Chris G. http://itgw.tny.cc/28
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Mobile Segment OnePlus is truly over, done-with and gone - Joel http://itgw.tny.cc/27 $138 iPad mini Clone from Walmart is Actually Better? - Joel http://itgw.tny.cc/26, http://itgw.tny.cc/25 Samsung and Google are all that are left - Joel http://itgw.tny.cc/24 EU Orders Google to Make AI and Search Changes Under the DMA - Chris http://itgw.tny.cc/23
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Windows and Linux Segment Even MS Couldn't make Windows 11 work well with 8GB of RAM - Chris http://itgw.tny.cc/22 Cuts & Layoffs won't Solve Xbox's Biggest Problems - Chris http://itgw.tny.cc/21
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