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Mar 14, 2022

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The Distorsions of the Imac Pro

04:38

M One Pro - Is There an Option for More Ram on the M Two?

02:02

The Five K M a Panel Is Not High Refresh, It's Not.

01:56

Introduction

2min

Do You Pronounce It?

2min

Read Receipts

2min

The Sitting Should Be Off, Mind's On

3min

Split Eye Phones - What Do You Think?

5min

Apple Is Going to Release a Larger Imac

2min

Is Apple TV Plus Coming in April?

3min

Is There a Peacock Deal?

3min

Is It Going to Be on Apple TV Plus?

1min

10.

I Don't Like Sunday Night Baseball

2min

11.

Bombus - The Most Comfortable Clothes Ever

2min

12.

What Is the X Mac?

4min

13.

The Mac Minni

3min

14.

The Power Max 71 Hundred - It Was Cheap

3min

15.

Mac Prot

2min

16.

The Mac Studio Is Not Expandible

2min

17.

Mac Minni vs Mac Studio - Is There Still a Gap?

2min

18.

Mac Minni - What Product Fills That Pricing Gap?

2min

19.

Is Apple Going to Do What They Want?

3min

20.

New Relic - The New Way to Debug and Improve Sophaware

2min

21.

The Distortion of the Imac

6min

22.

The Imac Pro Is the Ultimate Expression of That

2min

23.

The Distorsions of the Imac Pro

5min

24.

Is the Imac Pro a Mac Pro?

2min

25.

Is There Room in There for an All in One Computer?

3min

26.

Macbook Air

2min

27.

Macbook Air

2min

28.

Mac Studio

4min

29.

Memberful - The Easiest Way to Sell Memberships to Your Audience

4min

30.

The Five K M a Panel Is Not High Refresh, It's Not.

2min

31.

I'm Not So Desperate for H D R, but It's Good

3min

32.

C D Oled Gaming Monitor

2min

33.

The Apple TV Frame Rate Settings

3min

34.

Run Windows Games on a Translation Layer?

3min

35.

Windows Code Translator on Mac OS X

2min

36.

Would John Consider Buying a Windows PC?

4min

37.

Would You Buy an M One Pro?

2min

38.

M One Pro - Is There an Option for More Ram on the M Two?

2min

39.

Apple Needs to Keep It Under Control

3min

40.

Apple's Product Transition Shows a Lot of Discipline

3min

41.

The Colors of the Imac Are a Sign That Things Change Over Time

2min

42.

Is Space Gray a Branding Thing?

2min

43.

The Imacs Are a Good Start

4min

44.

Macbook Air

2min

John Siracusa joins Jason to talk about the Mythical Mid-Range Mac Minitower, the distortion of the iMac over time, the modular possibilities offered by the Apple Studio Display, and other fallout from last week's Apple announcements.

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Guest Starring:

John Siracusa

Links and Show Notes:

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Now that Mac Studio is here, the iMac can finally be its fun self again | Macworld

The missing mid-range desktop Mac – Six Colors

Hypercritical: Night of the living xMac

The Mac Studio is myth fulfillment - The Verge

Apple’s big baseball deal, detailed – Six Colors

Apple currently has no plans to release a larger-screen iMac - 9to5Mac

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