The Talk Show With John Gruber

Special guest Serenity Caldwell joins the show. Topics include last week’s “Spring Forward” Apple media event; the new Force Touch Trackpad for MacBooks, and the prospects for force touch in future iOS devices; and of course, Apple Watch.

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Links:

• Jacqui Cheng’s review of the original 2008 MacBook Air for Ars Technica.
• Christopher Phin fondly remembers the PowerBook Duo.
• Greg Koenig: “How the Apple Watch Is Made”.
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• Serenity’s MacBook Air accident this week.
• The Atari 400 and its craptacular keyboard.