M1 Max MacBook Pro VS $15,000 Mac Pro - This can't be right! (CultCast #519)
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🗓️ 19 November 2021
⏱️ 65 minutes
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This week: just how well does a $3500 M1 Max MacBook Pro perform against a $15,000 Mac Pro? These results are INSANE. Plus: Apple is prepping an Apple Car for 2025, and it will be fully autonomous!
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| 0:00.0 | What do you think the greatest gift of the holidays is? |
| 0:03.5 | Internet? |
| 0:04.5 | I'd say Internet. |
| 0:06.0 | Yes, absolutely. |
| 0:07.0 | It's as, of course, as easy as it's always been. |
| 0:09.0 | You get an iMac 10 minutes out of the box here on the Internet. |
| 0:11.0 | But now Apple gives you your own personal website. |
| 0:14.0 | You can post your photographs for all your family to see all over the world |
| 0:18.0 | and your iMovies. |
| 0:20.0 | And now you're the purveyor of. |
| 0:22.0 | You're the generator of. |
| 0:24.0 | You're the author of great stuff. |
| 0:27.0 | Isn't it nicer to give than to receive? |
| 0:33.0 | Hello! |
| 0:34.0 | And welcome to the whole Cassie Best 30 plus Minute Outcom conversation you're going to hear. |
| 0:37.0 | All week long, I'm your host. |
| 0:39.0 | Airfront Elijah. |
| 0:40.0 | Join me today. |
| 0:41.0 | He's like the Mac Mini of Tech Editors. |
| 0:43.0 | Compact. |
| 0:44.0 | It's a powerful. |
| 0:45.0 | Cute, but he packs a punch. |
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