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As an expat Brit, when I see M5 and M6, the first thing I think of is not Apple’s chips, but Britain’s motorways, which are numbered and start with an “M” prefix. (I used to drive the M1 all the time back and forth between London and Luton, where I worked. It was miserable.)
Apple is going to be shipping the M6 (Midlands to Scotland. Also horrible) this fall in an update to the base MacBook Pro.
As our top post today by Cult of Mac writer Ed Hardy very clearly spells out, it’s actually quite an exciting update for what looks like a standard chip-and-ship affair.
Plus, the M6 MacBook Pro is likely to be an odd duck. It might be the only machine to get an M6, thanks to a shakeup in Apple’s chip plans caused by AI.
But it’s not to be dismissed — rumors suggest it’s going to be a pretty great machine when it arrives this fall. And likely a lot more affordable than subsequent MacBook Pros.
Also in today’s newsletter:
Here’s another good post that spells out the manufacturing turmoil Apple is currently embroiled in due to the DRAM shortage. Apple’s sitting on a huge pile of chips.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about OpenAI’s proposed smart speaker is the moving parts that’ll make it seem alive.
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It seems like most readers yawn when we write about Apple Arcade, but like Apple TV, it’s slowly growing into a really good service — as evidenced by the latest addition.
I tried the Mail app’s automatic smart sorting, and it kinda helps, I guess, but the problem for me is email’s overwhelming volume, not different categories of messages. Nonetheless, I’ve seen lots of reports that sorting helps.
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Some people say, “Oh, God, if [Jobs] got run over by a bus, Apple would be in trouble.” And, you know, I think it wouldn't be a party, but there are really capable people at Apple. And the board would have some good choices about who to pick as CEO. My job is to make the whole executive team good enough to be successors, so that's what I try to do.
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