Show Notes
This week, with special guest Christina Warren: The surprise drop of AirPods Max 2, a deep dive on OpenClaw and agentic coding, and our final thoughts after a full week with the Studio Display XDR, MacBook Neo and iPhone 17e! Watch this episode on YouTube Send us a text with comments, questions, feedback or a video to play on the show: [email protected] Sponsors: The Cult of Mac Today and Weekender newsletters. Cult of Mac Today is a rundown of the top daily news, plus reviews and how-tos, with commentary by Leander himself. And the Weekender is an easy-to-digest roundup of the week’s top stories. Sign up at newsletters.cultofmac.com. Links: AirPods Max 2 pack AI-powered listening and stronger noise cancellationH2-chip-powered AirPods Max 2 enhance sound quality and noise cancellation and bring new features like Adaptive Audio and Live Translation.
The MacBook Neo is the fantastic new Mac for the massesThis will be a lot of people’s first Mac, and they’ll be very happy. A hands-on review of the MacBook Neo leaves us highly impressed.
The Studio Display XDR is the final boss of all Mac displaysApple’s new flagship desktop display, the Studio Display XDR stands high in a class of its own. And for, like, half as much money.
The iPhone 17e, now a solid budget phone with minimal compromiseThe iPhone 17e is a slight upgrade that makes all the difference. Now with MagSafe, it doesn’t have many compromises.
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