496: 40th Anniversary of the Mac Draft

01/22/24 • 148 min

Celebrating 40 years of the Mac, we've gathered an all-star panel of longtime Mac users to pick the best Macs, Mac software, and Mac accessories, as well as induct a few events or devices into the Mac Hall of Shame.

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Guest Starring:

Dan Moren, John Gruber, John Siracusa, Shelly Brisbin, and Stephen Hackett

Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Mac (computer) - Wikipedia 20 Macs for 2020 - Relay FM The best Mac ever | Macworld The iMac G3 Project – 512 Pixels How the iMac saved Apple - The Verge BBEdit FileMaker - Wikipedia tinkerBOY 'The Green Button' A Tour of Apple’s External (LCD) Displays – 512 Pixels PowerBook 5300, a Compromised Mac | Low End Mac Some of Apple’s lemons – 512 Pixels 20 Macs for 2020: #17 – PowerBook 500 & 5300 – Six Colors The Macintosh TV was a cul de sac off the road to converged video | Ars Technica 20 Macs for 2020 #9: Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (#12) - Relay FM

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Guest Starring:

Dan Moren, John Gruber, John Siracusa, Shelly Brisbin, and Stephen Hackett

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Vision Pro orders are happening this Friday, with the product shipping in a few weeks. We break down Apple's announcement strategy and our reactions to the reactions to the news.

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497: The Poison Pill

Just before launch, Jason has some second impressions of the Apple Vision Pro. But before the new-platform excitement starts, there's the matter of Apple's response to the EU and a complicated set of new iOS policies and features.

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