About this episode

The episode reviews the new M5 MacBook Air and M5 Max MacBook Pro along with discussions on Apple updates and history.

On this week’s episode, we review the new M5 MacBook Air and M5 Max MacBook Pro. 00:00:00 Start/Warm-up chat00:03:12 Apple's 50th anniversary00:08:26 Apple AirPods Max update00:12:30 M5 Max MacBook Pro review00:23:09 The MacBook Neo effect00:36:36 M5 MacBook Air review00:44:15 This Week in Apple TV00:51:25 Apple History00:60:08 Comment Corner01:04:29 Wrap-up and how to contact us Show notes for episode 975: https://www.macworld.com/article/308997M5 MacBook Air review: https://www.macworld.com/article/3086162M5 Max MacBook Pro review: https://www.macworld.com/article/3081408MacBook Neo review: https://www.macworld.com/article/3081612 Apple Studio Display XDR review: https://www.macworld.com/article/3083124 20th Anniversary Mac: https://www.macworld.com/article/225856 Send us an email: podcast@macworld.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/macworld.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MacworldInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/macworld_hq/Threads: https://www.threads.com/@macworld_hq TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@macworld.com Mailing address:Macworld501 2nd St. Suite 650San Francisco, CA 95110 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics covered

• M5 Max MacBook Pro review
• M5 MacBook Air review
• Apple updates
• Apple history
• Apple's 50th anniversary

Keywords

• M5 Max MacBook Pro
• M5 MacBook Air
• Apple
• AirPods Max
• Apple history
• Apple's 50th anniversary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple

Products: M5 Max MacBook Pro, M5 MacBook Air, Apple AirPods Max

Books & works: This Week in Apple TV, Apple History

Places: San Francisco, CA

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