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2023 October Rickies

8th January 2025 at 1:58pm

▶️ Episodes

🥇 Regular Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Stephen	Regular	"Apple announces a new Apple Silicon system-on-a-chip"	1
Myke	Regular	"The 13" MacBook Pro is redesigned"	0
	Jason Snell was called in to adjudicate, as has been done before, and decides against Myke's somewhat strained logic that it was redesigned into a new size.
Federico	Regular	"The MacBook Air is not updated at this event"	1
Stephen	Regular	"The M1 iMac receives an update"	1
Myke	Regular	"The names of the colours of the iMac are unchanged"	1
	Cleverly worded so that if the iMac isn't touched, the pick is still correct, but Federico's questioning of whether a change in hue counts causes Myke to water it down to just names. At the time of the pick, the colors were "Blue, Green, Pink, Silver, Yellow, Orange, Purple".
Federico	Regular	"The visual design of the 14" and 16" MacBook Pro is unchanged"	1
	The word "visual" was added, but it's agreed that we'll know it when we see it.

⚠️ Risky Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Stephen	Risky	"Apple unveils an iMac Pro"	-1
	In Stephen's mind, this requires a 27" or larger screen, and a Pro/Pro Max caliber processor at least.
Myke	Risky	"Apple unveils a new Studio Display Pro that is larger than the regular Studio Display and features a new screen technology than the smaller model"	-1
	Myke wavers on the "larger" clause but chooses to keep the pick unmodified when Stephen thinks it's important to the riskiness of the pick.
Federico	Risky	"Apple introduces a new desktop keyboard and/or trackpad that supports connecting to multiple devices at once. They also support USB-C connections now"	-1

🏆 Scores

Federico: 1
Stephen: 1
Myke: 0

It goes to a coin flip which Federico comes out on top of.

💪 Flexie Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Federico	Flexie	"Johnny Srouji makes an appearance"	1
Federico	Flexie	"The event video is less than 90 minutes long"	1
Federico	Flexie	"At least one M3-series chip introduces support for Thunderbolt 5, a first for the industry"	0
Federico	Flexie	"Vision Pro is mentioned at some point during the video"	0
Federico	Flexie	"At least one computer or accessory that gets updated is less expensive in the US than before"	1
	The new low-end 14" MacBook Pro, while spiritually replacing the 13" at a higher price, counts as a price drop in the 14" line.
Myke	Flexie	"Some kind of Halloween joke is made"	1
	Perhaps Greg Joswiak dressed as something.
Myke	Flexie	"Someone says "carbon neutral""	1
Myke	Flexie	"All outside shots are filmed in the evening"	1
Myke	Flexie	"John Ternus looks great"	1
	How could this possibly be graded? Again, you'll know it when you see it.
Myke	Flexie	"At least one Mac is available to order "today""	1
Myke	Flexie	"We do not get new AirPods Max, even though I want them"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"The iMac's input devices are updated with USB-C but otherwise remain the same"	0
Stephen	Flexie	"The M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max are all announced"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"The Mac mini is not updated"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"The iPad isn't even mentioned"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"We don't see Tim Cook on video"	0

💸 Flexie Scores

Myke: 100.0% (6/6)
Stephen: 60.0% (3/5)
Federico: 60.0% (3/5)

The coin flip goes the other way and Federico donates $50 to The Red Cross.