MacBooks, MacBook Pro, and what Apple's launching in March, on the AppleInsider Podcast
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ποΈ 27 February 2026
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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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- Inexpensive MacBook is the perfect way to get users deeper into the Apple ecosystem
- Compromises for affordability ahead: Code leak spills details on new MacBook
- Rising memory & battery costs complicate Apple's lower-cost MacBook
- Touch-screen OLED MacBook Pro to get small Dynamic Island
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- Why Gen Z and young adults are embracing iPods again
- Nerds are fighting to bring back gadgets even as iPhone wants them dead
- If iPhone Fold is truly coming in 2026, expect big leaks very soon
- Right on schedule, test production of iPhone 18 Pro fires up
- iPhone Fold hinge crease will be about 1/4 the depth of the Galaxy Fold 7
- Expect at least five announcements during Apple's March launch week
- Apple has its problems, but still the only real choice for privacy
- A leaked internal email shows Ring's plan targets more than pets
- A FaceBook smart watch is okay, if you don't value privacy
- This Meta smartglasses-detecting app is a great model for Apple Glass developers to follow
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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
Transcript
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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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