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Tuesday, March 3, 2026

The New Apple Laptops -- March 3, 2026

Locator: 50121APPLE.

Apple press release

I like the way Apple / Tim Cook are announcing the new hardware. The glitzy, staged presentations out of Cupertino were too incredibly cheesy.  

Apple laptops.

Joanne Sterne. Joanna Sterne is now on her own (Patreon), no longer working for The WSJ

Be sure to read the entire thread.

Quick! Name one thing costing $1,000 that is better than a MacBook Air M5!!

Starbucks: $4.00 / visit (generally one visit / day) = 20 x $4 = $80 / month. $960 / year. Wow. 

College: $50,000 per year, and they're quibbling over $1,000?

Recommendation: high school senior going off to college next fall. Save $150 / month starting now for that gift of a lifetime next fall. Six months x $150 --> $900. 

The M4 is more than adequate, but for a hundred bucks more (and will be less at Amazon in six months or sooner), splurge for your high school student. They will thank you later. LOL. 

Available for pre-order tomorrow morning; available at store / delivered to address a week from tomorrow.  

Look up chipmogging. We'll come back to that later! LOL.