“M1X” MacBook Pros - here they come! (CultCast #494)
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🗓️ 28 May 2021
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Summary
This week: Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference is set for June 7, and the “M1X” MacBook Pro will almost certainly be making its debut. We’ll tell you all we know.
Plus: Prosser says a Pro version of the Mac Mini with M1X is incoming, Apple may be making moves into crypto, and a BIG update on Apple Music lossless and your HomePod.
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Apple details plans for WWDC 2021
- Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference is scheduled for June 7, and on Monday the iPhone-maker revealed that the all-important keynote address for WWDC 2021 will be held at 10 a.m. PDT on that day. This is almost certainly when they wraps will come off the next major upgrades for iOS, macOS and the company’s other operating systems.
WWDC Invite all but confirms new MacBook Pros!
The evidence:
https://twitter.com/SamiFathi_/status/1396861652012785669
Prosser now confirming new MacBook Pros coming to WWDC:
https://twitter.com/jon_prosser/status/1396915038154334214
Next Mac mini refresh could bring slimmer design, faster ‘M1X’ chip
- Apple’s next Mac mini refresh could prove even more exciting than the last, thanks to a slimmer chassis design and a faster “M1X” chipset, according to a reliable leaker.
Apple could be cashing into cryptocurrency
- It’s no rumor that Apple is looking for an expert in alternative payment providers. The job description is for someone with at least five years experience with “digital wallets, BNPL, Fast Payments, cryptocurrency and etc.”
Apple Music lossless WILL be coming to your HomePods, but AirPods Max still uncertain
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The Apple 2C and Money. |
| 0:02.1 | People in high places are always asking me, |
| 0:04.4 | Alan, where does the money go? |
| 0:07.0 | If you wonder the same thing, |
| 0:08.9 | I suggest an Apple 2C and Apple modem. |
| 0:12.6 | They even call it bank and see how much money you have. |
| 0:16.4 | You could even pay off your bills automatically. |
| 0:19.9 | If you have any money left off it, congratulations. |
| 0:22.4 | You're doing better than the government is. |
| 0:24.7 | The Apple 2C, there's no telling how far it can take you. |
| 0:31.0 | Hello! |
| 0:33.0 | Welcome to Hook Astey Pass 30 plus minute optimization. |
| 0:36.0 | You're going to hear, all week long, I'm your host. |
| 0:39.0 | Everyone, last time you did it, |
| 0:40.0 | you may have seen his photo hanging |
| 0:42.0 | on the wanted board of your local post office |
| 0:45.0 | or on the no-minutes board of your neighborhood puppies |
| 0:48.0 | that found our call to Mac. |
| 0:50.0 | Land okay, he is. |
| 0:53.0 | That was the patron of the week. |
| 0:55.0 | Wow. |
| 0:56.0 | The patron of the week? |
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