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Hello, and welcome back to another episode of Sharp Tech. I'm Andrew Sharp, and on the other line, Ben Thompson. Ben, how you doing?
Perturbed, Andrew. I, I have a new computer. So I it's complicated, but all the recordings happening on my main computer, but I need a computer in front of me for the rundown, which may or may not be accurate. You sometimes just suddenly, like, pull out things that are not there. And I'm like, what the happens
to I gotta keep you on your toes.
And you're like, oh, sorry. I'm reading out sweat a little bit. Yeah. And you're like, uh-oh, made my draft in Gmail, which I'm reading out of. I'm like, I'm using Microsoft Word for your sake. It's unbelievable. But so I have my, so what happened was I have had, I think I talked about this. I have two computers. I have my MacBook Pro that mostly stays on my desk. If I'm traveling and working, I will bring it with me, but it is basically a desktop computer and it's great. The MacBook Air is amazing for sort of carrying around having with you at an M2 MacBook Air for a long time. Love it. Amazi
those complaints. Yeah.
But there's a point no one's mentioned, which is I kept feeling like it was weirdly dim. And I'm like, what's like, I checked the specs. Did they change the screen from the m two MacBook? Of course, no. They didn't make a dimmer screen. What turns out my my Tahoe complaint. I just wanna add it to the list of everyone else. Okay. The interface is so white. It's white on white on white on white everywhere that it makes the whole thing seem dim. It's like it's it's a really bizarre effect. Yes. I could do dark mode. Unfortunately, I'm 45 years old. We're gonna circle back to me being 45 years old
White. It's great. Well, I have a reveal live on the podcast. I too got a new computer this week because my computer I have a MacBook Pro that I keep on my desk at all times. My podcasting machine. And, I use a MacBook Air all over my house. It's what I write on. It's what I prep for shows on. I'm using it on every floor of my house. And when you have two kids running around, they tend to pick it up and drop it and do all kinds of unhelpful things with your MacBook Air. So I had to hide my computer by my bed one night, and then I wound up stepping on that computer as I got out of bed. And so i
They should be getting, like, nicer to use over time, and they're they're they're Like, more
complicated, more frustrating. It is what it is. Still a great machine, and hopefully, won't be a broken machine over the next couple of years because I'm excited about the new chips, and I do love the Air.
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