1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,693 Speaker 1: from News Talks at B. 3 00:00:12,813 --> 00:00:17,373 Speaker 2: Apple has launched a more affordable by ample standards important caveat, 4 00:00:17,813 --> 00:00:21,893 Speaker 2: a more affordable laptop and phone Our Picksbo polstine House 5 00:00:21,973 --> 00:00:24,213 Speaker 2: is here with the details. So Paul tell us about 6 00:00:24,253 --> 00:00:25,533 Speaker 2: the MacBook Neo. 7 00:00:26,573 --> 00:00:28,613 Speaker 3: Yeah, you took the words out of my mouth, dear Jack, 8 00:00:28,773 --> 00:00:32,853 Speaker 3: because it's it's designed to be competing with these lower 9 00:00:32,933 --> 00:00:36,133 Speaker 3: end kind of Chromebooks and lower end Windows PCs, but 10 00:00:36,573 --> 00:00:39,773 Speaker 3: low end for Apple is still high end for those devices. 11 00:00:40,493 --> 00:00:42,093 Speaker 3: I took a look at the New Zealand price and 12 00:00:42,173 --> 00:00:44,893 Speaker 3: going to start at one one four nine, so not 13 00:00:45,013 --> 00:00:49,053 Speaker 3: exactly still the cheapest option, but certainly a very affordable 14 00:00:49,093 --> 00:00:53,653 Speaker 3: way to get into that Mac ecosystem. And I do 15 00:00:53,813 --> 00:00:56,933 Speaker 3: think that they have really found I think they probably 16 00:00:56,933 --> 00:00:59,173 Speaker 3: should have done this a very long time ago, and 17 00:00:59,213 --> 00:01:01,653 Speaker 3: I think they're doing I think they're going I saw 18 00:01:01,653 --> 00:01:03,493 Speaker 3: a comment on one of the websites with one comment 19 00:01:03,493 --> 00:01:05,693 Speaker 3: to see that Apple's going to sell these by the palette, 20 00:01:05,773 --> 00:01:08,613 Speaker 3: and I do they probably are because so the people 21 00:01:08,693 --> 00:01:12,653 Speaker 3: who spend a lot of their day on email doing 22 00:01:12,693 --> 00:01:15,653 Speaker 3: things in your browser in a couple of docks and 23 00:01:15,693 --> 00:01:18,973 Speaker 3: some spreadsheets. You don't need all the power of a 24 00:01:19,013 --> 00:01:21,573 Speaker 3: MacBook Pro. This is kind of the machine for you. 25 00:01:21,733 --> 00:01:24,293 Speaker 3: And if you think about kind of the student market, 26 00:01:24,333 --> 00:01:25,733 Speaker 3: you know, you want to listen to some music, you 27 00:01:25,733 --> 00:01:27,333 Speaker 3: want to watch some movies every now and then, you 28 00:01:27,373 --> 00:01:31,653 Speaker 3: want to do some schoolwork. Maybe, hey, perfect machine. So 29 00:01:31,693 --> 00:01:34,693 Speaker 3: it's kind of designed for that everyday type person. And 30 00:01:34,733 --> 00:01:37,173 Speaker 3: if you have an iPhone and you you know you 31 00:01:37,213 --> 00:01:39,293 Speaker 3: want to get into that Apple ecosystem a bit more. 32 00:01:39,333 --> 00:01:40,933 Speaker 3: I really think this is going to be a really 33 00:01:40,973 --> 00:01:45,493 Speaker 3: great device, especially if you want the keyboard, you can 34 00:01:45,533 --> 00:01:48,253 Speaker 3: dock it to an external monitor. The one thing it 35 00:01:48,293 --> 00:01:51,733 Speaker 3: doesn't have that I think I think it's missing. I 36 00:01:51,773 --> 00:01:53,413 Speaker 3: don't think it's a deal breaker, but it doesn't have 37 00:01:53,453 --> 00:01:54,453 Speaker 3: a backlick keyboard. 38 00:01:55,013 --> 00:01:58,133 Speaker 2: Ah, right, which, and the backlick keyboard is useful for 39 00:01:58,613 --> 00:02:00,293 Speaker 2: if you're just sitting in the dark, or just because 40 00:02:00,333 --> 00:02:01,973 Speaker 2: it looks nicer, just. 41 00:02:01,893 --> 00:02:03,893 Speaker 3: Because if you're sitting in the dark the lights are 42 00:02:03,893 --> 00:02:05,693 Speaker 3: a bit dim, you can also just turn a lampin. 43 00:02:05,973 --> 00:02:08,333 Speaker 3: So just just to point out, I mean, you're saving 44 00:02:08,533 --> 00:02:11,093 Speaker 3: you're saving literally hundreds of dollars to not have a 45 00:02:11,133 --> 00:02:15,173 Speaker 3: backlick keyboard. Yeah, right, so it's probably not actually affected. 46 00:02:15,453 --> 00:02:17,973 Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, yeah, I put to you know, I'm an 47 00:02:18,013 --> 00:02:20,373 Speaker 2: Apple yuppie. I think it's a really good idea. I 48 00:02:20,373 --> 00:02:23,573 Speaker 2: think the truth is that the vast majority of us 49 00:02:24,173 --> 00:02:27,533 Speaker 2: overstate the kind of computing or overthink the amount of 50 00:02:27,533 --> 00:02:30,493 Speaker 2: computing that we're actually doing. Yes, so the vast majority 51 00:02:30,493 --> 00:02:34,133 Speaker 2: of us are just using like Microsoft Word or Google 52 00:02:34,213 --> 00:02:37,293 Speaker 2: Docs and some emails, and we've got our browsers open. 53 00:02:37,333 --> 00:02:39,253 Speaker 2: We're just kind of sculling through the Internet, and maybe 54 00:02:39,293 --> 00:02:41,573 Speaker 2: there's an Excel sheet every now and then, but we're 55 00:02:41,573 --> 00:02:44,853 Speaker 2: not actually doing high end video editing or the kind 56 00:02:44,893 --> 00:02:47,853 Speaker 2: of gaming that requires really complicated graphics chips and all 57 00:02:47,853 --> 00:02:50,253 Speaker 2: that kind of thing. So this is probably perfectly adequate. 58 00:02:50,973 --> 00:02:52,453 Speaker 3: And can I just see too? So I have a 59 00:02:52,493 --> 00:02:56,253 Speaker 3: MacBook here, love it again, perfectly adequate. I do every 60 00:02:56,293 --> 00:02:58,773 Speaker 3: now and then need to edit some videos. It's not often, 61 00:02:59,093 --> 00:03:01,093 Speaker 3: but it's perfectly capable of doing that too. I'm not 62 00:03:01,213 --> 00:03:03,933 Speaker 3: editing a feature film, no here, No, I'm editing like 63 00:03:03,973 --> 00:03:06,493 Speaker 3: a three minute video down to like cutting out some 64 00:03:06,533 --> 00:03:09,133 Speaker 3: stuff out of there. More than capable. And they've done 65 00:03:09,173 --> 00:03:10,853 Speaker 3: the same thing with the phone too, So they launched 66 00:03:10,893 --> 00:03:15,733 Speaker 3: the iPhone seventeen E. Basically it's missing a couple of 67 00:03:15,813 --> 00:03:18,653 Speaker 3: kind of nice to have features to the dynamic island 68 00:03:19,053 --> 00:03:21,613 Speaker 3: and the center stage there's the thing that kind of 69 00:03:21,653 --> 00:03:24,533 Speaker 3: keeps you in center on the on the video calls. 70 00:03:25,053 --> 00:03:27,733 Speaker 3: It does stough have things like that satellite SOS mode, 71 00:03:27,733 --> 00:03:30,733 Speaker 3: which is I think industry leading game changer. I think 72 00:03:30,773 --> 00:03:32,973 Speaker 3: everybody in New Zealand probably should have that, given how 73 00:03:33,053 --> 00:03:36,253 Speaker 3: vast and remote New Zealand is. But the price of that, 74 00:03:36,333 --> 00:03:38,613 Speaker 3: so it's going to start at one one ninety nine 75 00:03:38,613 --> 00:03:42,213 Speaker 3: New Zealand dollars. That is five hundred dollars less than 76 00:03:42,213 --> 00:03:46,453 Speaker 3: the normal iPhone seventeen and one one hundred and fifty 77 00:03:46,493 --> 00:03:50,493 Speaker 3: dollars less than the seventeen pro. So yeah, I mean, again, 78 00:03:51,573 --> 00:03:53,973 Speaker 3: a really good option if you're thinking about getting a 79 00:03:54,013 --> 00:03:55,253 Speaker 3: new phone, if you want. 80 00:03:55,053 --> 00:03:57,653 Speaker 2: To be in the Apple ecosystem. We're going to find 81 00:03:57,653 --> 00:03:59,973 Speaker 2: a better term than ecosystem, don't we because it's not 82 00:03:59,973 --> 00:04:03,093 Speaker 2: an ecosystem, you know, like just the Apple system doesn't 83 00:04:03,133 --> 00:04:05,893 Speaker 2: quite sound right. But I know what you may monopoly 84 00:04:06,173 --> 00:04:11,373 Speaker 2: don if you want me no, but yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, anyway, 85 00:04:11,413 --> 00:04:13,093 Speaker 2: we'll work on that. Hey, thank you so much, Paul, 86 00:04:13,173 --> 00:04:16,013 Speaker 2: really interesting, and yeah, it'll be intriguing to see just 87 00:04:16,053 --> 00:04:19,813 Speaker 2: how popular these things are. My intuition is the same 88 00:04:19,813 --> 00:04:22,173 Speaker 2: as yours, and that I think they'll be very, very popular. 89 00:04:22,173 --> 00:04:22,533 Speaker 3: Indeed. 90 00:04:23,453 --> 00:04:26,573 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 91 00:04:26,653 --> 00:04:29,413 Speaker 1: to News Talks at B from nine am Saturday, or 92 00:04:29,533 --> 00:04:31,453 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.