Episode 108

108: Zero is Better Than One

In-depth coverage of the new MacBook and some other thing Apple showed at the Spring Forward event.

March 12, 20152h 18m

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Show Notes

Pre-Show: Last Exile
Follow-Up:
- More on Crossy Road
  - Previously on ATP 94, 95, 96
  - Previous interview with Crossy Road creators
- Anonymous tips from last episode
Monday's Apple Event
- New MacBook
- Performance is on par with a 2012 MacBook Air
- Handbrake
- Broadwell
- Robert Thomas' tweet
- USB-C to USB Adapter
- Jason Snell on the keyboard
- Keyboard comparison GIF
- Internals
- 13-inch nearly-borderless Dell laptop
- Will Apple kill the headphone jack?
- Expandable iPads
- John's post about thin and light Apple hardware
- Apple "hockey puck" mouse
Post-show:
- Impacts of new MacBook technology on other Mac laptops
  - Butterfly keyboard
- Apple Watch
  - Gruber's original predictions and his last-second updates
  - Marco's theory about the Edition
  - BGR on pricing from perspective of a watch person
  - Casey's daily watch
  - Casey's special-occasion watch
  - Panerai
  - Red/Gold Edition
  - John's Watch preference
  - Casey's aspirational Watch preference
  - Marco's original Watch preference
  - Marco's new Watch preference
  - Paper Apple Watches
  - Casey's more-likely-to-buy Watch preference... except he isn't buying one. Really. Maybe.