This week on the Cult of Mac podcast: Griffin goes on a buying spree, snapping up a Studio Display XDR, an iPhone 17e and not one but two MacBook Neos. He shares his hands-on experience with the latest Apple gear, and Leander’s got plenty of questions!
Also on the Cult of Mac podcast:
- PC makers are freaking out over what the MacBook Neo means for the industry.
- Next-gen MacBook Pros might come with a MacBook Ultra variant. Will they all come with touchscreens, or just the high-end model?
- The latest iOS 26.4 beta gives us a look at Apple’s upcoming emoji. Why are they all facing to the left? (The Hairy Creature emoji definitely needs to be flipped so it matches the iconic Bigfoot sighting!)
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Cult of Mac No. 11: Hands-on with MacBook Neo and more
This week’s top Apple news
On the show this week: Your host, Cult of Mac Publisher and Editor in Chief Leander Kahney (@lkahney), Cult of Mac managing editor Lewis Wallace (@lewiswallace) and Cult of Mac writer D. Griffin Jones (@dgriffinjones).
Here are the headlines we’re talking about on this week’s show:
- Another PC maker sounds alarm as MacBook Neo shakes up industry
- MacBook Ultra rumored as Apple’s most expensive laptop yet
- iOS 26.4 beta 4 gives us first look at Apple’s new emoji
Lewis Wallace is the managing editor of Cult of Mac and author of our weekly newsletter, The Weekender.
He’s a San Francisco-based writer and editor specializing in technology and culture. He loves his iPhone, hates Siri, and appreciates any hardware that combines form and function.
Prior to Cult of Mac, he juggled words and ideas as culture editor at Wired.com, homepage editor at TechTV, news product manager at NBCi, copy editor at PC World, reporter at The (Hayward) Daily Review and editor in chief of EveryBody’s News in Cincinnati.
He earned a bachelor of general studies degree with a journalism certificate from the University of Cincinnati. While in school, he worked as the entertainment editor of The News Record and as editor in chief of Clifton Magazine.
He’s also a bass player, who’s recorded and performed around the United States with Those Darn Accordions, The Electric Boogie Dawgz and The Mad Maggies. When not writing, editing or laying down bass lines, he plays darts and serves on the board of the San Francisco Darts League.
