This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: Erfon can’t stop gushing about the new MacBook Pros! (What a shocker.) Plus, he reveals what it felt like to get Sherlocked during Apple’s “Unleashed” event this week. (Spoiler alert: CultCloth sales shot through the roof!) And none of us can stop raving about the astonishing power of Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips.
Also on The CultCast:
- Awesome new third-gen AirPods.
- Underwhelming new HomePod mini colors.
- And a surprising Siri-only Apple Music Voice Plan.
Listen to this week’s episode of The CultCast in the Podcasts app or your favorite podcast app. (Be sure to subscribe and leave us a review if you like it!) Or watch the video livestream, embedded below.
This week’s top Apple news
On the show this week: Your host Erfon Elijah (@erfon), Cult of Mac publisher Leander Kahney (@lkahney) and Cult of Mac managing editor Lewis Wallace (@lewiswallace).
Here are the headlines we talk about on this week’s show:
MacBook Pros/M1 Pro and M1 Max chips
- MacBook Pro gets insane M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, gorgeous new design
- M1 Max chip could deliver even greater graphics than PlayStation 5
- Apple’s M1 Max GPU is as powerful as an Nvidia RTX 2080 desktop GPU and the Sony PS5 gaming console (NotebookCheck)
- Early benchmarks show crazy performance gains for Apple M1 Max
- New MacBook Pros Include Improved Thermal System That Apple Says You’ll Rarely Need Thanks to Apple Silicon (MacRumors)
- Some MacBook Pro wait times stretch nearly to Christmas
Daylite: Monterey-ready!
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- I got Sherlocked at Apple’s ‘Unleashed’ event!
- Upgraded AirPods gain spatial audio with Dolby Atmos and more
- HomePod mini breaks out in a burst of colors
- Apple Music gets a ‘Voice Plan’ that costs just $4.99 a month
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