Apple turns 50! — and Mac Pro turns dead
Apr 02, 2026•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 14
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Episode description
This week: Griffin’s first impressions of the AirPods Max 2, we bid farewell to the Mac Pro by honoring a top setup, and our celebration of Apple’s 50th birthday.
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Links:
- First impressions with AirPods Max
- AirPods Max 2 are the surprise update to Apple’s premium over-the-ear headphones. Now in feature parity with the regular AirPods 4 and AirPods Pro 3, the price makes some kind of sense.
- Ultimate power: Top 9 Mac Pro setups
- Truly the stuff of dreams, the top 9 Mac Pro setups from Cult of Mac's archives showcase the Apple flagship desktop's amazing power.
- Two ‘trash can’ Macs form core of nerdy workstation built to last
- Apple quietly kills Mac Pro
- 50 years of the most important Apple products
- Apple produces plenty of hits, but you don't know them all. These are the most important Apple products of the company's first 50 years.
- Our first Apple products: How we joined the Cult of Mac
- Apple's 50th anniversary makes us look back on how we got started using various Macintosh computers decades ago. Here's how it all began.
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