Thoughts on Mac

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Forcing Mac app icons into a “squircle” shape is one of the weird, bad changes introduced in Tahoe, and it continues into the first developer beta of macOS 27 Golden Gate. Let’s hope the powers-that-be can be convinced to free the icons.

Boy, if this report is true, I feel like I picked the absolute best time to upgrade to an M5 Max, pre-price hike and potentially the last Max-level chip for more than a year.

According to Tim Cook, “Mac just had its best launch week ever for first-time Mac customers. We love seeing the enthusiasm!” It’s hard to not read that as, “The MacBook Neo launch has been a huge success”. As a fan of the Mac, I’m happy to hear that the Neo is finding such a positive welcome!

★★★★★ This machine is a beast. The Verge is being stingy giving it an 8/10. It’s objectively the best Mac I’ve ever used (and I’ve used a lot of Macs), and there’s a strong argument that it’s the best laptop ever made, period.

What a great essay masquerading as a review of the new MacBook Neo.

I’m with Drang and Snell on this one.

I’m a long-time laptop user who recently experimented with a Mac Studio and a 13″ M4 MacBook Air but ultimately decided to return to the MacBook Pro for its superior processing power, particularly for native app development.

Between unhappiness at the continued inflexibility of iPadOS hindering the glorious hardware of the M4 iPad Pro and the release of the new M4 MacBook Air, I’ve been considering consolidating my personal mobile computing to the new Mac. But one missing thing stopped me cold.

I’ve been using the new display modes in visionOS 2.2 since they came out in beta, including on four plane trips and one day in my van. As the article says, “…if it’s not in killer app territory, it’s at least right next door to it.”