114: Get On Down to Dongle Town

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Nov 07, 2016•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 114

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Fresh off of Jason's 10-day travel odyssey with the new MacBook Pro, we debate where Apple’s taking the Mac, the high price of Retina displays, Apple’s tough decisions about who its Mac customers are, and the case for and against the Mac Pro.

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