Apple's 'touchscreen Mac' + the mixed-reality headset is INCOMING! (CultCast #577)
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🗓️ 13 January 2023
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
This week:
They said they'd never do it! But... according to a new report, Apple is now testing a Mac with a touchscreen, and will be supercharging the a cutting edge new display technology (and more!). Plus: Apple's mixed reality headset is almost here, and is now in the hands of a secret cabal of developers who are building apps and preparing for launch.
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This week's stories
Apple ‘seriously considering’ a touchscreen MacBook
- Apple now has engineers “actively engaged in the project” of adding touchscreens to Mac computers, starting with the popular MacBook Pro. According to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, a consistent and reliable leaker, the first Mac with a touchscreen display could ship as soon as 2025.
Enter to win spectacular iPad Pro accessory bundle from Pitaka [Cult of Mac giveaway]
- The Cult of Mac giveaway this week is a corker. We teamed up with Pitaka for one lucky winner to get the chance to win an iPad Pro accessory bundle worth $190.
Apple’s in-house display could debut on the Apple Watch Ultra in 2024
- Apple wants to reduce its reliance on sourcing displays for its products from Samsung and LG. So, the company is working on its own custom displays that it intends to use as early as 2024.
Apple's 2023 Roadmap: When to Expect New Product Launches This Year
No major AirPods, iPad or Apple Watch upgrades planned for 2023
- Every year, Apple has some significant hardware upgrades planned for at least a few devices in its product lineup. 2023 could be an outlier, though.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Either rain, hail, sweet, nor snow can keep an Apple personal computer from its appointed |
| 0:08.6 | rounds. |
| 0:10.1 | Each morning, the Beaumont's Apple II delivers Paul's mail right over the phone lines. |
| 0:15.1 | It goes to the bank for Barbara, and since their school district also uses apples, it can |
| 0:20.2 | even help Stephen with his homework. |
| 0:22.3 | Stephen? |
| 0:24.3 | Whether he likes it or not, the Apple II, there's no telling how far it can take you. |
| 0:29.9 | Hello, and welcome to Whole Cassie Best, 30 plus Minute Up Conversation. |
| 0:36.8 | You're going to hear, all week long, I'm your host, hair off on a line to join me today. |
| 0:42.1 | He just got back from the forest where he was hunting down several escaped Coltomac |
| 0:46.1 | riders. |
| 0:47.1 | They thought they'd get away. |
| 0:48.1 | They put up a struggle, but it wasn't anything his long, barrel, dark gun couldn't take |
| 0:52.5 | care of. |
| 0:53.5 | Now they're back and safety sleeping in the Coltomac riding cage. |
| 0:57.2 | They're going to have some pain waiting for him when they wake up. |
| 1:01.0 | He's imagining a Coltomac, ooh, it was Wallace's hair. |
| 1:05.6 | Yeah, yeah, now with no echo. |
| 1:09.6 | There you go. |
| 1:10.6 | Fantastic news. |
| 1:11.6 | That was a great rock screen that you started us with. |
| 1:13.2 | You don't even try. |
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