368: ‘Tweeter and the Monkey Man’, With Dan Moren

The Talk Show With John Gruber

Special guest Dan Moren joins the show to talk about the new M2 MacBook Pros and Mac Minis, the state of Mac gaming, and the triumphant return of the full-sized HomePod.

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Links:

• New M2 Pro/Max MacBook Pros and Mac Minis
  • Techmeme’s review roundup
  • Dan, at Six Colors, on the M2 Mac Mini
  • Jason Snell on the M2 16-inch MBP
  • AppleInsider: “Entry Level M2 Mac Mini, 2023 MacBook Pro Have Slower SSD Than Predecessors”.
• 2nd-gen HomePod review roundup.
• Dan’s “The Galactic Cold War” series of novels and short stories.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.