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Apple Announces Three New Macs, Ships Apple Intelligence, and released its quarterly earnings report. There's a lot to consider in this episode of the AppleInsider podcast, including the future of the iMac.
The iMac was the first of Apple's abbreviated announcement week, and it could be the best Mac yet thanks to its combination of price, features, and gorgeous display. However, it's still just one device, so if that screen fails, your entire Mac fails.
While the Mac mini connects to almost any display, with any keyboard, mouse, or trackpad, its new smaller size is obviously a boon, but it also raises the possibility that the battery-powered Mac mini will be the best portable Mac ever.
And then there was the new MacBook Pro, which is great. Considering it’s easily one of Apple’s best-selling devices, and considering the upgrade to the M4 is especially welcome, it’s odd how lifeless it felt for announcements.
Luckily, there were also announcements from Nintendo, Apple’s latest earnings report, and Apple Intelligence is finally starting to roll out.
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Links from the AppleInsider Podcast
- Collect 'em all in Pokemon TCG Pocket, now available for iPad and iPhone
- Nintendo Music app now available on iPhone
- Nintendo shuts down 'Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp'
- Apple takes a three-day week to launch its Macs
- MacBook Air doubles base memory to 16GB for the same $999 price
- New MacBook Pro comes in m4 Pro, m4 Max, and black finishes
- New Mac mini gets a new design, powerful m4 and m4 Pro processors, more USB-C
- New 24-inch iMac gets m4 chip, glass option with nanotexture
- Apple updates the USB-C 'Magic' accessories included with the M4 iMac
- Apple's Magic Mouse charging port design has never been anything special
- Clever hack fixes the new Mac mini's awkward power button placement
- YouTuber fakes Apple's Mac event video
- Apple Intelligence Image Playground and Genmoji testers face a long wait
- Apple Intelligence comes to the Mac with macOS Sequoia update
- iOS 18.1 with first wave of Apple Intelligence features is out now
- iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 review: First steps with Apple Intelligence
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