This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: After a whirlwind week of M4 Mac releases, we weigh up the pros (tons) and cons (very few). Mostly it’s a lovefest as we talk about the new M4 Mac mini, iMac and MacBook Pros.
Also on The CultCast:
- What’s up with Apple putting the new Mac mini power button on the bottom? (Luckily, the internet has some “fixes.”)
- Apple surprised us by upgrading the RAM on M2 and M3 MacBook Airs — without raising the prices!
- We wrap up with a discussion of what new Apple gear we ordered after this week’s Mac-o-rama.
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 live stream, embedded below.
The CultCast live stream archive: M4 Macs!
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This week’s top Apple news
On the show this week: Your host Erfon Elijah (@erfon), 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:
- Mac mini radically redesigned with M4 and M4 Pro chip
- Hacks and jokes ‘fix’ M4 Mac mini’s odd power-button placement
- New M4 iMac delivers major speed boost
- M4 MacBook Pros deliver big performance and battery life gains
- Shocker! Apple doubles RAM in M2 and M3 MacBook Air.
- New Magic Keyboard, mouse and trackpad spell end for Lightning
