MacVoices #26241: Live! - New M5 Ultra Mac Studio, M6 Mac mini, and Glyph Keyboards

Apple's new Mac mini and Mac Studio spark a discussion of the M6 and M5 Ultra chips and how they measure up in performance and upgrade decisions. The panel weighs Mac Studio trade-ins, Mac mini value, on-device AI and large language models, and Apple's increasingly powerful silicon. They also examine the move to 2-nanometer technology and debate Apple's redesigned keyboards and glyph-only modifier keys.

The panel includes: Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Web Bixby, Eric Bolden, Jeff Gamet, Jim Rea, Marty Jencius

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Show Notes:

Chapters:

00:00 New Mac mini and Mac Studio arrive
00:25 Welcome and catching up
05:03 Apple's new desktop hardware
05:18 Who is buying a new Mac?
06:30 Configuring an M5 Ultra Mac Studio
07:46 Mac mini versus Mac Studio
09:00 Mac pricing and configuration choices
09:36 On-device AI and large language models
11:02 Choosing M5 Ultra over M6
12:22 M6 and 2-nanometer chip technology
13:57 Putting nanometer scale in perspective
15:00 Trading in older Macs
17:25 Apple introduces redesigned keyboards
18:25 The debate over glyph-only keys
20:40 Learning Apple's modifier-key symbols
21:24 Lightning, USB-C, and wireless keyboards
22:00 Wrapping up the new hardware discussion

Links:

Apple announces updated Mac mini, here's everything new
https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/25/apple-announces-new-mac-mini-heres-everything-new/ Apple unveils new Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra
https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/25/apple-unveils-next-generation-mac-studio-with-m5-max-and-m5-ultra/

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