Nothing Like a New MacBook!
episodePreviously titled “Nothing Like a New Macbook!” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 3, 2026
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The Mark 6? Yeah, remember they went up in price this year.
Yeah, they're hella expensive. For headphones that sound like the music is coming out of a bee's a**hole. I remember when they were like $330, then they were $350.
I want the folly for that.
That is not what they sound like, Alex. That's like the engine. Yeah, it's like...
what is up people of the internet welcome back to another episode of the waveform podcast we're your hosts i'm marquez i'm andrew i'm david and welcome to techtember everything is happening wait a second hold on oh it's it's tarch hold on it's march it's not It's tarch? Did you say Jono's been trying to get tarch going? It's the start of tarch. We don't claim tarch. I don't know what you're talking about. Mac? I don't like that. It's like Christmas in July, but Techtember in March. Yeah, it's a lot. So we're working on the S26 Ultra review, and then Apple drops six new products, nothing drops, three new products, and suddenly we just have a lot on our plate. And also we've got to talk a little bit more about AI and how it's affecting reviews.
So this might be a six-hour episode. That's what I'm trying to say. It's rough because it's Thursday. Yeah, we're shooting it on Thursday too. Don't threaten me with a good time. Yeah, make sure you get subscribed because we have a lot to talk about. So if we don't get to all of it this week, we'll probably get to more of it next week.
Yeah. But first.
I was waiting for it.
Did they even test this? Apparently this has already gone outside of this room and Olivia has something she wanted to add. So Adam will be her surrogate, right?
Olivia and Michael were doing graphics for us because we asked for specific graphics for the channel. You might actually be seeing them on this episode. So YouTube viewers, let me know how you like them.
Is this the thing that happened yesterday?
Yes. It's... So they've been working with an app called Apple Motion, which is their version of After Effects because they were like, you know, the team kind of works in Final Cut. Yeah, Marques is like, you could call it that. That's what they want. They're doing this for our benefit because we work in Final Cut mostly. And they're like, you know what? All our graphics we make in After Effects. Let's see if we can learn this other program. It'll be easy to drag and drop into Final Cut. It'll be simple. Olivia ran into this weird problem where she had this template that it was popping a spec up on the screen, and then she would go do other things, come back, and it would just be slightly off to the right.
And she's like, this is so weird. And she's working on this for the past week, and every time she has to keep moving it back. She's like, why does this keep happening? And then she talks to Michael about it, and Michael's like, I figured it out. What happens is every time she hits save, it increments the X position by one. What? Yeah. So she has it set at zero.
In a graphics app?
No, and so the solution they came up with is she just has to remember every time she hits command S to move that asset to negative one on the X axis. And then when it saves, it reverts to zero.
What?
The heck?
That's real?
That's so funny.
It's so funny. That makes me not trust computers.
That would be like if in Microsoft Word, every time you hit save, it added a dash to wherever your cursor is.
It makes me afraid to save, which is the one thing I should not be afraid to do.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–4:55
2
What new Apple products were announced this week?
4:55–5:27
3
How does AI impact reviews in tech?
5:27–52:39
4
What are the key features of the new MacBook Neo?
52:39–53:20
5
Why did the hosts miss the Nothing 4A Pro launch?
53:20–54:06
6
What are the key features of the Nothing Phone 4A Pro?
54:06–54:56
7
How do the hosts evaluate the new Nothing headphones?
54:56–57:46
8
What concerns do the hosts have about AI and content creation?
57:46–1:47:25