AWUGU Meeting Report about WWDC & Purchasing Advice
by Tom Piper, Coordinator
This Apple World User Group University (AWUGU) online gathering of Apple user group leaders was held at 5:00pm CDST, on June 19, 2023, via Zoom. We had 35 participants for WWDC & Purchasing Advice. The 81-minute video can be viewed at https://youtu.be/nqfhHR6sY2s (unlisted on YouTube).
This session opened with my welcome, plus a quick review of the meeting protocols. This was followed by a long open discussion about the WWDC announcement of Vision Pro. This was followed by a British video shared by Steve Welsh (OMUG) about the new features of macOS 14 Sonoma.
Related to the topic of World Wide Developers Conference keynote announcements, numerous opinions were shared and suggestions were provided by user group leaders with the following links in the Chat Room:
- Nicholas Pyers: https://www.t3.com/news/apple-vision-pro-sounds-less-appealing-after-prescription-insert-price-rumour
- Steve OMUG: video credit Proper Honest Tech — https://youtu.be/zo7OIfmspok and The Talk Show, John Gruber 2 hour interview: https://youtu.be/DgLrBSQ6x7E
- Dan Wassink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgLrBSQ6x7E
- Fred Pryor: https://tidbits.com/2023/06/19/the-real-system-requirements-for-apples-2023-operating-systems/
- Cassie Mac: WWDC2023 Everything Revealed in 12 minutes: https://youtu.be/P3Vmrv8Bfbs
- Fred Pryor: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-apple-device-you-shouldnt-buy-right-nowand-the-ones-you-should-be3d6770
We are very pleased with this sixth meeting of 2023. Files related to this meeting (including chat, closed caption, agendas, reports, slideshows and videos) are available on our AWUGU shared folder: https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/0kF7XwYI98VG0fqvL86PJm02g#AWUGU.
After a brief discussion about future topics and remembrances of past Macworlds and AUG meeting preparations, it was suggested that “Nostalgia & Program Process” be scheduled for July 17, 2023, at 5:00pm Central Daylight Saving Time (all current AWUGU registrants will receive an invitation to all future meetings).
To become a participant, any interested Apple User Group leader must first register with the AWUGU Coordinator by emailing their name, location, and user group name and web link to macquest@mac.com. Registration must be received by July 15 in order to receive a Zoom Meeting invitation.
