Accidental Tech Podcast

46: A Compromised Machine


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  • Mac Pro follow-up: socketed CPUs and potential upgrades, and the benefits of only using stock Apple parts.
  • Scoring Apple's performance on John's 2013 to-do list.
  • Concerns about Apple's recent Mac apps, including iWork '13 and Messages/iMessage.
  • AnandTech's Mac Pro review.
  • The Mac Pro's 4K/Retina monitor situation.
  • The iMac vs. the Mac Pro, and the hardware needs of developers.
  • Why do John and Marco care so much about Retina?
  • What the next big computer-hardware shift may be.
  • After-show: our future as old men, saturating USB 3, and the often-neglected Mac Mini.
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      Accidental Tech PodcastBy Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa