This week: Griffin’s first impressions of the AirPods Max 2, we bid farewell to the Mac Pro by honoring a top setup, and our celebration of Apple’s 50th birthday.

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• First impressions with AirPods Max
  • AirPods Max 2 are the surprise update to Apple’s premium over-the-ear headphones. Now in feature parity with the regular AirPods 4 and AirPods Pro 3, the price makes some kind of sense.
• Ultimate power: Top 9 Mac Pro setups
  • Truly the stuff of dreams, the top 9 Mac Pro setups from Cult of Mac's archives showcase the Apple flagship desktop's amazing power.
  • Two ‘trash can’ Macs form core of nerdy workstation built to last
  • Apple quietly kills Mac Pro
• 50 years of the most important Apple products
  • Apple produces plenty of hits, but you don't know them all. These are the most important Apple products of the company's first 50 years.
• Our first Apple products: How we joined the Cult of Mac
  • Apple's 50th anniversary makes us look back on how we got started using various Macintosh computers decades ago. Here's how it all began.