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MacBooks, MacBook Pro, and what Apple's launching in March, on the AppleInsider Podcast

AppleInsider Podcast

AppleInsider

Ipad, Apple Tv, Mac, Imac, Apple Watch, Ios, Macbook, Mac Pro, Iphone, Tech News, Macos, Technology, News, Apple

4.3 β€’ 1.3K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Tim Cook has made us want to skip the weekend and get straight to the new launches Apple has for us starting on Monday. That might include a low-cost MacBook, but then further ahead there's a hint of a touch-screen MacBook Pro later this year, all on the AppleInsider Podcast.

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  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (01:18) - March launches
  • (36:13) - Low-cost MacBook
  • (40:37) - Touch-screen MacBook Pro
  • (52:47) - Privacy
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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Apple Insider podcast.

0:10.8

This is your host, Wesley Hilliard speaking.

0:13.0

Our sponsors this week are Squarespace and Nord Security.

0:15.6

And if you don't want to hear about sponsors, there's Apple Insider Plus.

0:19.1

This week, William and I are going to be talking about

0:21.2

Apple merging iPad and Mac. How would they even do that in the first place? Why should they do it

0:27.4

or why should they not do it? We'll get into it there. Obviously, you probably know my opinion by now,

0:32.3

but we'll dive in after the credits.

0:38.8

So, William, how are you doing?

0:40.8

Oh, well, actually, I'm at war with Deliveroo.

0:43.5

Do you have Deliveroo in the States?

0:45.1

Just like Uber Eats sort of thing.

0:47.3

Is it known in the US?

0:48.6

I do believe we have it, and I think it retains the name Deliveroo, because I've heard

0:53.7

other podcasts talk about it.

0:55.1

It also retains money when it doesn't deliver things. That's the current problem. And I'm being

1:00.8

told, I do not qualify for a refund, even though they didn't deliver and they did take the money.

1:05.8

It is ridiculous how heated this is getting. But, you know, they get other than that, I would like to take

1:11.9

refuge now in exciting Apple news, because I know there is loodles of it, isn't that?

1:18.3

See, this isn't quite as fun as Tim Cook tweeting a photo of an iPad many, but it's pretty close.

1:24.7

He's been doing this thing where smaller releases at least he

1:28.9

gets out there and says things about it that kind of reveal more than what we already knew

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