M2 AND M1X Macs incoming + Woz pushes Apple for right to repair! (CultCast #500!)
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🗓️ 9 July 2021
⏱️ 67 minutes
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This week: a reliable source says M2 Macs are right around the corner, and M1X will be the pro variant chip we’ve been hoping for! We got all the details. Plus: Woz says it’s time for Apple to embrace Right To Repair, and the Biden admin’s new rules may force Apple to support it.
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- The tipster, known as Dylandkt, has an 81.3% accuracy rating according to Apple Track based on 16 previous rumors. Dylandkt said the M2 chip will be released alongside “the upcoming colorful MacBook Air.”
U.S. President Joe Biden to Direct FTC to Draft Right to Repair Rules
- President Joe Biden plans to direct the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to create new right to repair rules that would affect tech companies like Apple, reports Bloomberg.
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| 0:00.0 | It was a horrid little machine. I never could understand how I was supposed to move things around or open anything |
| 0:08.0 | and even though I used it for years, I never used it well. And now that I have a Mac, I'm happier. |
| 0:14.0 | The way the Mac works, it's so intuitive. The way it works seems like the way your brain is supposed to work. |
| 0:21.0 | I get it. And I don't get the PC. I never did. |
| 0:31.0 | Hello, and welcome to the whole Cassie Best 30 Plus mini-app conversation. You're going to hear... |
| 0:36.0 | ...all week long, I'm your host. |
| 0:39.0 | Everyone lives joining me today. His many Apple books have warmed the hearts of thousands of Apple fans. |
| 0:45.0 | And the fireplace is of thousands more. He's the founder of Cultivac. |
| 0:50.0 | The other kiddie is here. |
| 0:53.0 | Also with us, when his fists aren't pounding away at the keyboard, you'll find them pounding at the mid-sections and chest of Cultivac |
| 1:01.0 | writers who aren't typing fast enough, he's the phishing editor of Cultivac. |
| 1:05.0 | Lewis Wallace is here. |
| 1:08.0 | Yeah, just always punch and that's right. |
| 1:11.0 | I heard you like to go for the kidneys. |
| 1:14.0 | That's right, yeah. |
| 1:16.0 | You just got to find, you know, the tender spot. |
| 1:20.0 | You know, no wonder Cultivac is just cranking out the articles. |
| 1:26.0 | You have a way with people, Lewis. You know how to motivate people into doing their best work. |
| 1:32.0 | You're like the Oprah of the Apple world. |
| 1:36.0 | Helping people do their best work, live their best lives. |
| 1:38.0 | Well, yeah, you know, I'm a positivity now. |
| 1:41.0 | I just read a review on the thing saying, you know, the podcast, I'm too negative. |
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