▶️ Episodes
- Connected #367: The Rickies (October 2021) (show notes)
- Connected #368: Eaten by the Italian Post Office (show notes)
🥇 Regular Picks
| Host | Pick | Score | |
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| Myke | Regular | "Apple unveils a new MacBook Pro" | 1 |
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| Federico | Regular | "At least one new MacBook Pro model has an upgraded webcam with a higher resolution" | 1 |
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| Stephen | Regular | "At least 1 new Mac model announced ships in November" | 0 |
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| Myke | Regular | "We get a colour option that is new to the MacBook Pro (name)" | 0 |
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| Federico | Regular | "Any kind of release timeframe is provided for macOS Monterey" | 1 |
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| Stephen | Regular | "Apple announces a Mac mini that is more performant than the original M1 model" | 0 |
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⚠️ Risky Picks
| Host | Pick | Score | |
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| Myke | Risky | "Apple teases another Mac, that is not for sale right now, with Pro in the name, and says that it is coming next year" | -1 |
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| Federico | Risky | "Apple announces a new display that is not the Pro XDR, launching by the end of 2021 somewhere" | -1 |
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| Stephen | Risky | "5G becomes an option on at least one MacBook" | -1 |
🏆 Scores
- Federico: 1
- Myke: 0
- Stephen: -1
💪 Flexie Picks
| Host | Pick | Score | |
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| Federico | Flexie | "HDMI and SD Card reader are back on the MacBook Pro" | 1 |
| Federico | Flexie | "Apple demos a Mac app that takes advantage of the updated Neural Engine" | 0 |
| Federico | Flexie | "Apple unveils a "Space Black" MacBook Pro" | 0 |
| Federico | Flexie | "John Ternus is wearing jeans and a black t-shirt" | 0 |
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| Federico | Flexie | "There is going to be a funny scene involving one of the characters of Ted Lasso" | 0 |
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| Stephen | Flexie | "USB-C charging is faster than the new MagSafe" | 0 |
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| Stephen | Flexie | "MacBook Pro colors don't include anything radically new for the line" | 1 |
| Stephen | Flexie | "The chip is called the M1X" | 0 |
| Stephen | Flexie | "A new MacBook comes with at least one new non-USB-C/Thunderbolt port on the laptop itself" | 1 |
| Stephen | Flexie | "New MacBook Pro displays run at a native 2x" | 1 |
| Stephen | Flexie | "macOS Monterey features are reviewed" | 0 |
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| Stephen | Flexie | "The new MacBook Pro power bricks have ports on them, like the iMac does for Ethernet" | 0 |
| Myke | Flexie | "New AirPods" | 1 |
| Myke | Flexie | "MacBook Pro has a mini-LED screen" | 1 |
| Myke | Flexie | "The chip is not called M1X" | 1 |
| Myke | Flexie | "Webcam will be called "highest quality on a Mac"" | 0 |
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| Myke | Flexie | "The laptops will be thicker than the models they replace" | 1 |
💸 Flexie Scores
- Myke: 80.0% (4/5)
- Stephen: 42.9% (3/7)
- Federico: 20.0% (1/5)
Myke crowns himself "The Duke of Flexington", and directs Federico to donate $100 to Mind. He actually donates £100, going above the required amount by about $38.
After the show, in a freely available Connected Pro segment, the hosts suspect more shenanigans from James Thomson in PCalc and try it out since the competition itself required no coin flips. This time, the significant others of the Connected hosts have been snuck into the app.