Review: The fastest of the M4 MacBook Pros might be the least interesting one
In some ways, my review of the new MacBook Pros will be a lot like my review of the new iMac. This is the third year and fourth generation of the Apple Silicon-era MacBook Pro design, and outwardly, few things…
Despite unforced errors, the future of Apple Intelligence could be bright
It could take a year or two for this all to come together Using iOS 18.1, it’s clear that Apple’s large language models are not as effective or reliable as Claude or ChatGPT. It takes time to train models like…
Thoughts on the M4 iMac, and making peace with the death of the 27-inch model
Remembrances of a former iMac person The 27-inch iMac, back in the days when it was Apple’s mainstream power-user desktop. Credit: Andrew Cunningham Apple never stopped selling an entry-level iMac to cover the niche filled by the original Bondi Blue…
Review: M4 and M4 Pro Mac minis are probably Apple’s best Mac minis ever
In our tests on the Mac mini, any performance gain from using High Power mode was essentially negligible, so small that we haven’t bothered to make charts showing the difference—there are signs of a very small upward nudge in a…
Corning faces antitrust actions for its Gorilla Glass dominance
The European Commission (EC) has opened an antitrust investigation into US-based glass-maker Corning, claiming that its Gorilla Glass has dominated the mobile phone screen market due to restrictive deals and licensing. Corning’s shatter-resistant alkali-aluminosilicate glass keeps its place atop the…
iPod fans evade Apple’s DRM to preserve 54 lost clickwheel-era games
Even the bad clickwheel iPod games—like Sega’s nearly impossible-to-control Sonic the Hedgehog port—might find their own quirky audience among gaming subcommunities, Olsro argued. “One [person] beat Dark Souls using DK bongos, so I would not be surprised if the speedrun…