174: ‘Election Escape Key’ With Joanna Stern

Hosted byJohn Gruber

Joanna Stern returns to the show to talk about the new MacBook Pros (and their keyboards), stockpiling old MacBook Airs, dongles, Touch ID, SnapChat Spectacles, and more.

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Links:

• Joanna’s review of the new MacBook Pros.
• My review.
• Joanna and Walt Mossberg talking crazy about stockpiling MacBook Airs.
• Joanna’s guide to the adapters and dongles — lots and lots of dongles — you might need for a new MacBook Pro.
• Joanna’s review of SnapChat Spectacles
• Mark Gurman’s reports on Apple getting out of the AirPort base station market and Amazon making a new Echo with a built-in 7-inch display for the kitchen.
• Adam Geitgey: “The New MacBook Pro Is Kind of Great for Hackers”.
• Monoprice.
• Griffin’s Breaksafe, a dongle-plus-nubbin replacement for MagSafe on USB-C equipped MacBooks.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.