{"id":9672,"date":"2026-10-30T17:32:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T17:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=9672"},"modified":"2026-10-30T17:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T17:32:35","slug":"the-delightfully-messy-state-of-apple-gadgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=9672","title":{"rendered":"The delightfully messy state of Apple gadgets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The iPhone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1015028\/iphone-duo-review\">has more screens<\/a>! The MacBook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1020549\/macbook-studio-touchscreen-hands-on\">has a touchscreen<\/a>! The HomeView <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1009877\/apple-homeview-smart-home-display-hands-on\">does CarPlay apps<\/a>! For the first time in a long time, Apple is in a period of unabashed gadget experimentation, and while the final results aren\u2019t always perfect, it\u2019s fun to watch the most successful product maker try some new things again. Even when, in this case, \u201ctrying\u201d amounts to just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1020676\/apple-touchscreen-macbook-pro-reveal-video\">slapping a touch panel<\/a> on a lovely new MacBook Pro \u2014 just to see if you might use it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/vergecast\">this episode of <em>The Vergecast<\/em><\/a>, David and Nilay debate the merits of a touchscreen laptop, Nilay explains why he is absolutely positively going to buy the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, and David asks, as always, could this have been an iPad?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/podcast\/1023194\/the-delightfully-messy-state-of-apple-gadgets\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iPhone has more screens! The MacBook has a touchscreen! The HomeView does CarPlay apps! For the first time in a long time, Apple is in a period of unabashed gadget experimentation, and while the final results aren\u2019t always perfect, it\u2019s fun to watch the most successful product maker try some new things again. 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