About this episode

This episode features a discussion on the MacBook Neo, Windows 11's public perception, and Google's Android-for-desktops OS.

Welcome to The Sideload episode 27, a 9to5Google podcast. This week, Will welcomes Rich Woods, content director at XDA Developers , MakeUseOf , and HowToGeek , to discuss the MacBook Neo, Windows 11's public opinion problems, and whether Google's upcoming Android-for-desktops OS can actually make a meaningful splash in the market. Subscribe YouTube Podcasts Pocket Casts Spotify Apple Podcasts Sponsored by NordVPN : Listeners to The Sideload can save up to 77% on a two-year subscription and score a free Amazon gift card by signing up for NordVPN using this link . Thanks to NordVPN for sponsoring this week’s episode.

People in this episode

Host: Will Sattelberg

Guest: Rich Woods

Topics covered

• MacBook Neo
• Windows 11
• Android for desktops
• technology
• public opinion
• computing

Keywords

• MacBook Neo
• Windows 11
• Android for desktops
• Rich Woods
• technology news

Sponsors

NordVPN

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: XDA Developers, MakeUseOf, HowToGeek

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