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The hosts announce the winners of the Upgradies awards in various categories, including mac apps, games, TV shows, favorite books, and non-Apple products. They also discuss disappointing gadgets and express frustration with threads and blue sky.

John Siracusa discusses Beeper, Apple OS updates, future Apple hardware, and the power of defaults on macOS. They also debate pouring milk and cereal, express excitement for OLED iPad Pro, and criticize Apple's product strategy.

They discuss chip packaging and the potential of AI models. They talk about how they got into this business. Apple's partnership with Goldman Sachs is explored. They share experiences and offer guidance for aspiring Apple reporters and content creators. Discussion on spatial audio and adaptive mode. They discuss accepting the Apple Watch as a computer watch and app ideas for instant checklist and custom shortcut actions.

Upgrade 488: The New Numbers - James Thomson joins Jason to celebrate Cyber Monday, discuss subscription burnout, explore spatial videos and visionOS development, and talk about the challenges of running big sales and experiments on products.

The podcast features Qualcomm, a technology company known for its development of wireless communication technologies. They discuss Apple's difficulties in building a 5G radio to rival Qualcomm, the possibility of a lower-cost MacBook, Apple's adoption of RCS, and the challenges faced by OpenAI.

Topics discussed in the podcast include spatial videos on iPhone, potential iPad updates in 2024, Apple Watch as a health device, pausing iOS development to fix bugs, the potential of AI interfaces, and the meaning of the 'pro' label in Apple products.

Review of new M3 iMac and M3 MacBook Pro, end of large-iMac era, Apple's quarterly financial results, addition of 'Best Feature' category to podcast awards, analyzing Apple's Mac sales and impact of Apple Silicon, performance of M3 Max chip, features of Squarespace, improvements in gaming capabilities on Apple Silicon-based chips, demise of 27-inch iMac and future of Apple's display, reflections on previous podcast episodes, Apple's potential support for touch bar and absence of cloud backup.

The hosts discuss their predictions for Apple product announcements, Apple's decision to release their entire line of M3 products at once, the new features added to Apple's graphics processing pipeline, the release of the M3 Pro chip in the revised MacBook Pros, the impressive battery life of the M3 chip, Notion AI tool, available RAM options, the efficiency of the M3 process, and the possibility of Apple releasing a bigger iPad or a bigger iMac.

The hosts of this podcast discuss their predictions for Apple's upcoming event, including the potential release of the M2 chip and new iMacs. They also talk about updates to peripherals, desired features like touch ID on a magic trackpad and face ID on a keyboard. The chapter recap provides details about updates to MacBook Pros, iMacs, and accessories, but no mention of a low-end MacBook Pro with the M3 chip. The hosts also discuss their thoughts on the upcoming product release event and announce plans to record the next episode live after the event.

The Upgrade podcast covers topics such as Halloween costumes, the confusion in Apple's iPad lineup, personalized fitness plans, speculation on upcoming Mac product updates, Apple's rumored wireless software update, Apple TV+ negotiations with Scorsese, and the cancellation of 'The Problem with John Stewart' show.