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This week: The MacBook Neo has a surprise no one’s talking about, the Studio Display XDR is seriously testing my willpower, and I break down what’s actually new (and not) with AirPods Max 2!
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iFixit Teardown: MacBook Neo Has Most Accessible Mac Battery in Over a Decade
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/13/ifixit-macbook-neo-teardown/

Apple Studio Display XDR Hands-On: Better Than the Pro Display XDR in Almost Every Way
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/17/studio-display-xdr-hands-on/

10 Audio Improvements in Apple's New AirPods Max 2
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/16/airpods-max-2-audio-improvements/

What Hasn't Changed With AirPods Max 2
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/16/what-hasnt-changed-with-airpods-max-2/

Apple Acquires Final Cut Pro Plugin Company MotionVFX
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/16/apple-acquires-motionvfx/

Tim Cook on iPhone's Future: 'There's So Much Left That We Can Do'
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/18/tim-cook-comments-on-iphone-future/

Tim Cook denies imminent retirement rumors, 'can't imagine life without Apple'
https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/03/17/tim-cook-denies-imminent-retirement-rumors-cant-imagine-life-without-apple

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This week: The MacBook Neo is here — but Apple’s next wave of devices will be even more surprising...
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This week's stories
MacBook Neo Reviews: Is Just 8GB of RAM Enough?
https://www.macrumors.com/review/macbook-neo/
Apple Still Has More New Macs Planned for 2026
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/08/apple-still-has-more-new-macs-planned/
Apple Could Launch Three New 'Ultra' Devices This Year
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/08/apple-to-launch-three-new-ultras-this-year/
Apple Planning 'MacBook Ultra' With Touchscreen and Higher Price
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/08/apple-planning-macbook-ultra/
Apple Vision Pro is Getting the 'World's Most Advanced Flight Simulator'
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/11/apple-vision-pro-x-plane-flight-simulator/
iPhone Fold Said to Come in These Three Storage Options
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/12/iphone-fold-these-three-storage-capacities/
Apple Announces 50th Anniversary Plans
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/12/apple-announces-50th-anniversary-plans/

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This week:  Apple had a huge week. New M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros just landed with massive performance gains and surprising efficiency improvements. 
Apple also introduced the Mac Neo — a $500 Mac that Steve Jobs once said Apple could never build — plus a new Studio Display XDR that might quietly be the most exciting announcement of the bunch. In this episode, I break down everything Apple announced, what’s actually impressive, where the compromises are hiding, and which of these new products might really matter going forward.

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This week:  Apple’s about to hit the big red LAUNCH button: March 4 brings an “Apple Experience” happening in New York, London, and Shanghai, and we'll likely see days of product drops and press releases. 
Plus: we’re diving into the coming “cheap MacBook” with questionable compromises, then fast-forwarding to the truly unhinged future: a touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro with a Dynamic Island, and an iPhone 18 Pro that allegedly shrinks the Island even more. 
Plus plus: Jony Ive + OpenAI - we finally know what they're working on....

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 This week:
Why your next iPhone could run on satellites
What's the future for Vision Pro?
Vision Pro gets a LONG awaited app
Apple is prepping multiple foldable iPhones
And Jony Ive debuts one of his most beautiful designs since iPhone