On this week’s episode, we join up with Dwayne De Freitas from The Drill Down podcast to tackle a big question: What, exactly, is a computer? And how do the various components work? We also dive into a few computer recommendations, as well as the fate of Apple’s PCs in 10 years.

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Questions

• How does a computer work? – Raja
• What’s an inexpensive laptop that can run Steam games? – Ryan
• What’s a good PC for Photoshop and Illustrator under $1,000? – Kyle Kizu
• Where do you see the Mac in 5-10 years, will creatives stick with them? – Deniz Schreiber
• Have we reached a point where smartphones are so good, we don’t need to upgrade as often? – Mike

Shownotes

• A breakdown of the SATA and NVME data standards
• Dell’s G-series budget gaming laptops
• My MacBook Pro 2018 review: Apple plays catch-up

Credits

• Music by Mallory “MaLix” Johns