2026 March Rickies

5th March 2026 at 11:32am

▶️ Episodes

🥇 Regular Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Federico	Regular	"A new Mac laptop is announced in multiple colors"	1
	That is, not part of an existing line, but not locking in to a "MacBook" variety.
Myke	Regular	"John Ternus is quoted in every press release about new products"	0
Stephen	Regular	"The iPhone 17e is announced"	1
Federico	Regular	"The new iPhone 17e supports MagSafe"	1
Myke	Regular	"The MacBook has a screen smaller than 13 inches"	0
	Strictly "less than", not "less than or equal to."
Stephen	Regular	"The base iPad is updated and supports Apple Intelligence"	0

⚠️ Risky Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Federico	Risky	"The new M5 Max chip in the MacBook Pro comes with a new architecture that..."	0
	"Better separates CPU and GPU inside the chip" Ungraded: something like a 2.5D chiplet design "Allows Apple to advertise higher sustained performance and better heat dissipation" "Allows for more than two configuration options for M5 Max" These must be CPU/GPU options, not other things in the SOC like RAM
Myke	Risky	"There is at least one new Studio Display"	0
	"At least one model features a Mini LED display with a 90hz refresh rate" "Apple will create a new name to describe this panel (like Liquid Retina XDR)" It is indeed described in copy as a "27-inch 5K Retina XDR display" "The old Studio Display and Pro Display XDR are still available"
Stephen	Risky	"There is a new entry-level Mac laptop, powered by an A-series chip"	-1
	"Apple calls it the MacBook, but mentions or shows the original colorful iBooks" "It has MagSafe and two USB-C (not Thunderbolt) ports" "The base SKU has 8 GB of RAM, isn't available in all colors, and starts at $699" That price could be the regular or education store price.

🏆 Scores

Federico: 2
Myke: 0
Stephen: 0

Coin flip: Stephen chooses tails, result is heads.

💪 Flexie Picks

Host	Pick	Score
Stephen	Flexie	"There is a silver MacBook"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"There is a blue MacBook"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"There is a yellow MacBook"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"There is a pink MacBook"	1
Stephen	Flexie	"There is not an orange MacBook"	1
Federico	Flexie	"The new low-cost MacBook comes with a slightly more expensive cellular option"	0
Federico	Flexie	"The new low-cost MacBook cannot charge as quickly as a MacBook Pro"	1
Federico	Flexie	"John Ternus is photographed in person at one of the media events"	1
Federico	Flexie	"Tim Cook is not photographed in person at any of the media events"	1
Federico	Flexie	"The new MacBook will not support Wi-Fi 7"	1
Myke	Flexie	"RAM prices do not change on the MacBook Pro"	1
	The original prices: 24 GB included, 48 GB for $400 on the Pro 36 GB included on the 14 core Max 48 GB included on the 16 core Max Uprgades on the Max are 64 GB for $200 and 128 GB for $1000
Myke	Flexie	"M5 Pro and M5 Max come to MacBook Pro"	1
Myke	Flexie	"Nothing changes for the Mac Pro"	1
Myke	Flexie	"There is a video released to the public on Wednesday"	0
Myke	Flexie	"Apple's press release touts Apple Intelligence features coming to the iPad. They talk about writing tools and show a screenshot from Image Playgrounds"	0
Myke	Flexie	"An image of a Formula 1 car finds its way in to a press release or video"	1
	Apple sneaks it in just before the episode records.
Myke	Flexie	"Apple mentions their 50th anniversary being this year"	0

💸 Flexie Scores

Stephen: 100.0% (5/5)
Federico: 80.0% (4/5)
Myke: 57.1% (4/7)

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