The CultCast CultCast #344 - The MacBook Pros we’ve been waiting for!
Jul 13, 2018
01:05:15
This week: it’s the best update in YEARS. We’ll tell you everything you need to know about Apple’s very powerful new MacBook Pros. Plus: new Mac Minis are on the way; Ming-Chi Kuo confirms Apple’s about to update their entire product line; how Coke-heads use Apple watch to maximize their high; and we talk Killer Whale attacks, port wines, and the story of Saturday Night Live's world renowned sax player on an all-new Under Review.
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On the show this week
Apple updates MacBook Pros with 8th gen Intel Coffee Lake CPUs and ”quieter” keyboards
- 13” gets 4 cores
- 15” get six cores with options
- i7s on both machines with faster i9 chip available on 15”
- Apple says that the 15-inch model will have a 70 percent performance increase, and the 13-inch model should double in speed.
- Keyboards have been made quieter, but Apple told The Verge that this 3rd gen keyboard has not been designed to alleviate the issues they say are only affecting a “tiny portion” of buyers
- 32GB RAM and 4TB SSD option now available on 15” model for a mere $6700
- Both models come with True Tone displays, which allows the screen to change its color temperature based on the color temperature of the room.
- Interestingly, the Touch Bar will also support True Tone
- These will also be Apple’s first laptops to support “Hey Siri”
New Mac mini and cheaper MacBook might finally land this fall
- Ming Chi Kuo has basically just confirmed what I’ve been saying the last couple of weeks: Apple is about to drop an orgasmic amount of updated hardware products on us.
- Yes, according to Kuo’s new report, Apple is getting ready to update almost their entire hardware line.
- iPhone - There are three iPhones in the works, two OLED models in 5.8 and 6.5-inch sizes and one lower-cost LED model that will be available in a 6.1-inch size. All three will feature Face ID and upgraded A12 processors. While the two OLED models will have dual-lens cameras, the lower-cost model will feature a single-lens camera.
- iPad Pro - Apple is working on two new 11 and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models that are equipped with a full-screen design similar to the iPhone X and no Home button, with Apple to replace Touch ID with Face ID.
- Mac mini - Kuo didn't have a lot of information to share on this one, but he did say a processor upgrade is expected. He did not say if additional upgrades would be included, like as a redesigned body.
- It’s been over 3 and a half years since the Mac Mini was updated, and they’re s