MacBook Neo makes us swoon [Cult of Mac podcast No. 10]

This week on the Cult of Mac podcast: The MacBook Neo is the apparent star that emerged from this week’s tsunami of Apple product bulletins. Its potent combo of excellent appears, surprisingly good efficiency and a particularly interesting price ticket makes it a robust lure for bringing new folks into the Apple world.

We talk about the brand new laptop computer’s robust factors — in addition to some particular drawbacks.

Additionally on the Cult of Mac podcast:

• The brawny M5 Professional and M5 Max chips within the newest MacBook Professionals sound completely mind-blowing.
• The iPhone 17e appears like an awesome improve to Apple’s price range handset.
• The brand new Airs (iPad and MacBook) additionally appear nice, if not that stunning.
• And we wrap up the present with the outcomes from final week’s predictions recreation.

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Cult of Mac No. 10: MacBook Neo and extra!

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This week’s high Apple information

On the present this week: Your host, Cult of Mac Writer and Editor in Chief Leander Kahney (@lkahney), Cult of Mac managing editor Lewis Wallace (@lewiswallace) and Cult of Mac author D. Griffin Jones (@dgriffinjones).

Listed below are the headlines we’re speaking about on this week’s present:

Lewis Wallace is the managing editor of Cult of Mac and creator of our weekly e-newsletter, The Weekender.

He’s a San Francisco-based author and editor specializing in know-how and tradition. He loves his iPhone, hates Siri, and appreciates any {hardware} that mixes type and performance.

Previous to Cult of Mac, he juggled phrases and concepts as tradition editor at Wired.com, homepage editor at TechTV, information product supervisor at NBCi, copy editor at PC World, reporter at The (Hayward) Every day Evaluate and editor in chief of EveryBody’s Information in Cincinnati.

He earned a bachelor of normal research diploma with a journalism certificates from the College of Cincinnati. Whereas in class, he labored because the leisure editor of The Information Report and as editor in chief of Clifton Journal.

He’s additionally a bass participant, who’s recorded and carried out round america with These Darn Accordions, The Electrical Boogie Dawgz and The Mad Maggies. When not writing, modifying or laying down bass traces, he performs darts and serves on the board of the San Francisco Darts League.