Macworld Podcast: AI updates; the MacBook Neo effect

The MacBook Neo has had a profound effect on the laptop market. On this episode of the Macworld Podcast, we discuss the recent announcements by Microsoft and Google that are directly influenced by Apple’s most affordable laptop. 

This is episode 984 with Michael Simon, David Price, and Roman Loyola. 

Get info 

Click on the links below for more info on what was discussed on the show. 

• MacBook Neo is living rent-free in PC rivals’ heads
• Microsoft’s MacBook Neo whitepaper is a very serious joke 
• Googlebooks are the first anti-personal computers (PCWorld)
• Sorry, Intel’s new chip won’t help PCs beat MacBook Neo 
• I pushed my MacBook Neo to the limit. It didn’t break
• MacBook Neo review
• A tale of two Apple Stores (the first two)
• Macworld Podcast episode 244: The Apple Store’s tenth anniversary
• IfoAppleStore Archive

Comment Corner 

I find it hilarious how people are comparing the MacBook Neo to Chromebooks. In retrospect, I can see why they are comparing both of those machines even though they are not the same thing. 

Christopher via Spotify

Nobody wants AI on their phone 

Darkfairy1234 via TikTok

What Apple has done is kinda genius. They’ve let other tech companies spend $billions on developing AI infrastructure, come along a couple of years later and just licensed that tech. No risk in owning, developing and maintaining the infrastructure. Just a licence fee. 

Warrick Howell via Facebook

All I want is iOS and macOS to get fixed. 26 OSs killed all my devices. M1 Air and 13 Pro worked fine, and after upgrading, are hot garbage. 

Dani via Spotify

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