398: I Thought About the Ultra, Then I Laughed

John Siracusa joins Jason to talk about the Mythical Mid-Range Mac Minitower, the distortion of the iMac over time, the modular possibilities offered by the Apple Studio Display, and other fallout from last week's Apple announcements.

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Guest Starring:

John Siracusa

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Now that Mac Studio is here, the iMac can finally be its fun self again | Macworld

The missing mid-range desktop Mac – Six Colors

Hypercritical: Night of the living xMac

The Mac Studio is myth fulfillment - The Verge

Apple’s big baseball deal, detailed – Six Colors

Apple currently has no plans to release a larger-screen iMac - 9to5Mac