The Talk Show

‘Smallen Up the Bezels’, With Special Guest Jason Snell

Friday, 24 August 2018

Special guest Jason Snell returns to the show. Topics do include mechanical keyboards, but do not — I swear — include baseball. Also: speculation on what Apple might do with the non-Pro MacBook lineup.

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Links:

• Yours truly asking Tim Cook, Steve Jobs, and Bob Mansfield whether they used the bumper cases at the Antennagate press conference.
• Matias Laptop Pro Wireless Keyboard.
• Das Keyboard.
• WASD keyboards.
  • WASD’s 6-key switch tester — great desk toy.
• My favorite iPad (and iPhone) stand: Anker’s $11 Multi-Angle Stand.
• Keyboard Maestro.
• Jason writing for Macworld back in March: “MacBook Air: Why Won’t It Die?”.
• Phil Schiller deftly shows how the 13-inch MacBook Pro is smaller than the 13-inch MacBook Air in October 2016.
• Daring Fireball: “Let’s Really Think About This ‘New Low-Cost Laptop to Succeed MacBook Air’ Thing”.
• Iconic photo of Missouri Journalism School lecture hall filled with students with MacBooks.

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