Pro and Tell
Show notes
Apple spread its fall Mac and iPad launch across the week: an OLED iPad mini, an M6 iMac, a 14-inch M6 MacBook Pro, and a "Pro and Tell" event in Los Angeles. Instead of quoting benchmarks, we ask which of it fits our budgets, our habits, and our patience for something new.
ARTICLES WE READ
Everything Apple Announced This Week So Far: New iPad and MacBooks (Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2298220/everything-apple-announced-ipad-macbook-pro-and-tell-event/
Apple Announces New iPad Mini With 8.5-Inch OLED Display, A20 Pro Chip, and More (MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/26/apple-announces-ipad-mini-with-oled-display/
Apple event LIVE: MacBook Pro M6 and iMac M6 just announced ahead of 'Pro and Tell' (Tom's Guide)
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/live/apple-oled-macbook-pro-pro-ipad-mini-8-pro-and-tell-event-live-updates
MacBook ProLed (Apple Newsroom)
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/10/apple-unveils-groundbreaking-macbook-pro-with-proled-xdr-display/
New MacBook Pro (MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/28/apple-new-macbook-pro/
QUESTIONS WE DISCUSS
1. What was your first reaction to a week of Apple announcements? What caught your eye, and what did you ignore?
2. What are you using today, and does anything this week make you want to replace it?
3. Is the all-in-one iMac still the right Mac for our generation?
4. Is a $699 iPad mini worth it, and who is it for?
5. Do we want to touch our Mac screen?
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