Think your setup is cool? Wait till you see this one.

Talk about Mission Control!

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Leander Kahney
March 01, 2023

My Mac Studio setup has three big monitors, and some think that’s overkill (i.e., my frugal wife).

So she’d bash me over the head with a frying pan if I ever upgraded to something like today’s featured setup, which boasts eight screens — yes, eight!

What’s it used for? Hit the top post to find out.

Also in today's newsletter:

  • Among other things, the latest iOS 16.4 beta brings the return of a popular feature in the Books app that disappeared due to Apple’s great anti-skeuomorphism purge.

  • If you stream TV from overseas (like the BBC’s fantastic iPlayer), you desperately need Getflix VPN, which makes it easy.

  • Does the new HomePod sound better than the old one? We dig in.

— Leander Kahney, EIC.

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One more thing ...

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That's why I dropped the “interim” from my title. I'm still called iCEO, though, because I think it's cool.

— Steve Jobs, 2000

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