What Apple might do with a cheaper Mac

Apple is said to be working on A low-cost laptop powered by the iPhone chip. This could be a small deal, a decision made by supply chain economists and the fact that the M1 MacBook Air It continues to sell well At Walmart. Or it could be something huge, like a return to form for a company that once seemed to have a clear purpose for each of its devices but whose lineup seems more confused than ever.

We hope Apple chooses the latter approach, and we have an idea of ​​what that might look like: iBooka laptop line that was once so innovative that Phil Schiller had to jump from the edge to a mattress to prove his technical prowess. Maybe we can leave the toilet in 1999, but it’s the spirit of those devices that we’d like to see return.

on This episode of the faircast, Nilay and David talk about whether this low-cost Mac is really coming, and what it might be. But first, they need to get access to some AI news. Amazon and Perplexity are closed Battle over agent shoppingwhich is a useful framework for the entire battle around artificial intelligence. (We like to call it the DoorDash problem.)

Will the Internet soon become just a series of anonymous databases, serving up the fun of an AI assistant? Many companies hope so; Others will fight tooth and nail to make sure that never happens. The stakes couldn’t be higher.

Next, it’s iBook time. Seriously, if you’ve never seen the 1999 ad, in which CEO Steve Jobs also passed a leash around an iBook to prove it had no wires, You have to go watch it.

Finally, in the sneak peek, it’s time for another round of Brendan Carr is a Dummy, plus news about the party’s speakers, the Trump Phone, and a game of “name that audio logo.”

If you want to learn more about everything we discuss in this episode, here are some links to get you started, starting with AI:

And in the lightning round: