MBW 1015: Who Shot Apple Intelligence? - The MacBook Neo

MacBreak Weekly (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Twit, Mac, Technology, Apple, Imac, Mac Os X, Ios, Ipad, Iphone, Macintosh

3.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 150 minutes

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Summary

Apple unveiled the MacBook Neo, the company's foray into a low-cost laptop. The iPhone Fold's supposed design has leaked through 3D CAD rendering files. And a toolkit for hacking iPhones has leaked.

18 years later, Apple ships a $599 computer.
Apple's TikTok ads for the MacBook Neo are the right kind of weird.
Apple creates adorable little Finder guy to promote its adorable little Mac.
The new Apple begins to emerge.
Apple 'Ultra' products expansion is up next after MacBook Neo launch.
iPhone Fold design leaks in purported 3D CAD rendering files.
Apple's 'HomePad' gets launch timing update via leaker.
Apple's 512GB Mac Studio vanishes, a quiet acknowledgment of the RAM shortage.
Apple Music to add Transparency Tags to distinguish AI music, says report.
Apple ran a test on the App Store to see if AI could improve search result rankings.
Apple geoblocking downloads of ByteDance-owned apps in the US.
A toolkit for hacking iPhones, possibly created for the U.S. Government, has leaked.
F1: The Stream - how the launch leveraged Apple's entire ecosystem.
'Apple' Review: Reinvention Incorporated.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Jason Snell, and Christina Warren

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0:00.0	It's time for Mac Break Weekly. Andy and Christina and Jason are all here. So my lots to talk about.
0:06.1	The reviews are in for the new MacBook Neo, all the details and a closer look at the colors.
0:13.6	Can you tell them apart? We'll also talk about the new Apple monitors and why you should under no
0:20.2	circumstance consider spending your
0:22.3	money on them, and those crazy new TikTok marketing videos from Apple. All that more. Coming up next
0:28.7	on Mac Break Weekly.
0:32.6	Podcasts you love. From people you trust. This is Twitter.
0:41.4	This is Mac Break Weekly, episode 10015, recorded Tuesday, March 10th, 2026.
0:49.0	Who shot Apple Intelligence?
0:51.9	It's time for Mac Break Weekly, the show we cover the latest Apple News. Yes, I'm
0:57.0	back from Space City USA. Thank you so much to Micah Sargent for holding down the fort.
1:06.0	Jason Snell is back from New York, New York. Yes, sir. Where he was seeing all all the new stuff. I had an experience. And it didn't freak me out. I just had a regular old Apple experience. Although there was a moment where I was chatting with Phil Schiller, as you do. And then John Ternis and Greg Josweak walked over. Wow. And I thought, what is going to happen to me now? Am I being cornered? And the answer is that Trudy, who's the head of PR, came over and she's the cops. She broke it up. Absolutely. Absolutely. I have had that hand on my shoulder when I'm talking to a friend like before the demo area opens, Tim Cook's to talk, comes over to talk to the friend.
1:45.6	And I stand my ground because I'm thinking, well, look, I'm part of this conversation. He's this is a genduloper. And then you hear that you feel that a hand on your shoulder and that tug. Hey, hey, Andy, well, you should be one of the first people in the demo room and I'm going to arrange that for you. I'm like, but, but, that's cool.
1:59.7	That's Andy Anacro, ladies and gentlemen,
2:01.7	who did not get that like, but, but, that's cool. That's Andy Anaco, ladies and gentlemen,
2:02.1	who did not get that conversation,
2:03.9	but he's here anyway.
2:05.9	Nobody's hand on his shoulder today.
2:08.9	Exactly, I'm all alone as I am in life.
2:11.8	All alone in this home.
2:12.9	Thanks for learning you.
2:13.6	And that's the wonderful Christina Warren,
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