Accidental Tech Podcast

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  • Pre-show: Casey brings us back to Anniversary Corner
    • Related episode of ATP
    • Follow-up:
      • An explanation for John’s post that broke containment (via Thomas Dickson)
      • MacBook Neo
        • John’s theory about color & clamshells
        • The M1 MacBook Air was American Walmarts only. (via Pierre-Luc Gagné)
          • Aside also via P-L: does the Neo run Rosetta 2?
          • MacBook Neo inputs 🤝 iPad Air inputs (via Andrew Larson)
          • SSD speeds (via The Verge)
          • The  logo
            • iPhone 5 intro video is what John was thinking of (via Peter Puleio)
            • Jason’s review
            • Dave2D’s review
            • Teardown
            • Tyler Stalman on the Neo running “pro” apps
            • Performance Cores vs. Super Cores
              • New in Xcode 24.6β3: CPUFAMILY_ARM_SOTRA (H17S) (via Brendan Shanks)
                • H17S is the missing M5 Pro identifier from iOS 26.3 RC
                • Quinn’s review
                  • M5 Pro & Max are on N3P; M5 is N3E
                  • Baidu leakers
                    • Super cores (“P-Core”)
                      • 4.61 GHz
                      • 10-wide decoding
                      • Performance cores (“M-Core”)
                        • 4.38 GHz
                        • 7-wide decoding
                        • ~70% the performance of a Super Core
                        • Dual operating mode from efficiency cores
                        • Efficiency cores (“E-Core”)
                          • 3.05 GHz
                          • 6-wide decoding
                          • Andrew Cunningham at Ars
                            • L2 cache
                              • Super: 16 MB
                              • Performance: 8 MB
                              • Efficiency: 6MB
                              • Minimum clock speed:
                                • Super: 1,308 MHz
                                • Performance: 1,344 MHz
                                • Efficiency: 972 MHz
                                • Fusion architecture (via Frederic_Orange)
                                • MacBook Pro Storage pricing (via Richard Allen)
                                • MacBook keyboard glyphs (via Dan Moren)
                                • Environmental progress (via Andrew Leahey)
                                  • TOSTracker
                                  • Example individual comparison
                                  • Third-party displays (via Dan Boyle)
                                  • Pro Display XDR or Studio Display XDR? (asked by Imthaz)
                                  • Studio Display XDR
                                    • UFO Test
                                    • MKBHD’s review states it has 12 GB RAM 🤭
                                    • Studio Display XDR white paper (PDF) (via Kevin Sliech)
                                      • Superwide viewing angle
                                      • Timing controller (TCON)
                                      • Calibration
                                      • Display optimization modes
                                      • Formula 1 news
                                        • Drive to Survive (Apple TV link)
                                        • Dad jokey-est promo video (Also on YouTube)
                                        • 2026 season preview
                                        • F1TV vs. Apple TV
                                          • Link accounts
                                          • Romain Grosjean’s
                                          • Samsung Galaxy S26 Privacy Display
                                            • MKBHD
                                            • The Verge
                                            • Post-show: Marco’s Garmin adventures
                                              • Great Saunter
                                              • Injinji toe socks
                                              • Altra Torin 8 wide shoes
                                              • Garmin Venu 4 41mm
                                              • Garmin Forerunner 570
                                              • Garmin Fenix 8
                                              • Suunto Race S
                                              • WorkOutDoors
                                              • Pedometer++
                                              • Members-only ATP Overtime: The future of x86_64 on macOS
                                                • Tahoe 26.4 warnings
                                                • Slightly more detail from Ars Technica
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