Upgrades and Insights: MacBook Air and Pro

This week, David and Stephen are joined by Kurt Knight, Senior Director, Platform Product Marketing at Apple to talk about the M1 chip and macOS Big Sur. After that, the guys talk about this first wave of new Macs.

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Guest Starring:

Kurt Knight

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Mac mini - Apple

Apple Developer Documentation on Rosetta

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Microsoft Office for Mac beta gains Apple Silicon support - 9to5Mac

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