This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: The first MacBook Pro benchmarks and reviews reveal just how beefy these astonishing beasts really are. Powered by Apple’s outrageous new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, these laptops blow away their predecessors — and basically blow our minds. Erfon is in awe!
Also on The CultCast:
- MacBook Pros look very good for gaming, too.
- Intel chief takes on an impossible mission.
- Leander gives third-gen AirPods a listen (and he likes what he hears).
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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 and videos we talk about on this week’s show:
- 2021 MacBook Pro review roundup: Just what we hoped for
- M1 Max vs Intel 16″ MacBook Pro: Just Benchmark Madness! (Max Tech)
- New MacBook Pros prove surprisingly good at gaming
- Intel CEO: My job is to win Apple back (Yahoo! Finance)
- Hands-on: AirPods 3 sound great thanks to lots of trickle-down tech [Review]
- Amazon TVs to Support AirPlay 2 and HomeKit (MacRumors)
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