- Well, that last batch of tech news
must have really sizzled your bacon
if you're coming back for more.
(Riley laughs)
Let me see if I can find you something special
under the counter here, okay?
(bell dings)
All right.
(Riley mumbles)
As promised, Apple unleashed
their second autumn event
upon the internet this morning,
and as expected,
we got new MacBook Pros baby.
- [Crew Member] Be excited!
(Riley laughing)
- [Riley] In terms of physical design,
the biggest innovations appear
to actually be things Apple removed in the past.
The 14-inch and 16-inch models
both have an HDMI port,
full-sized SD card slot,
and (beep) MagSafe!
(crew member cheering)
Like the original good MagSafe,
not the, yeah,
we're all very happy.
It's not the iPhone wireless charger thing.
It's, why?
I'm trying to be happy about this,
but I'm just reminded how stupid it was of Apple
to get rid of it in the first place.
(Riley sighs)
Anyways, they finally put the function row back
on the keyboard instead of the fricking touch bar
and made it full height, as an apology.
The display, like the most recent iPad pros,
is a mini LED backlit liquid retina XDR display
with a 120 hertz adaptive refresh rate,
and it has a notch.
- [Crew Member] Shut up!
Shut your butt!
- Yeah I know, it actually bothers me.
But we have to admit, it makes way more sense
on a Mac with the top menu bar
than it does on a phone.
I can forgive Apple
because of the new Apple silicon chips.
Apple says the new M1 Pro
has 70% faster CPU performance,
and two times faster graphics,
than the M1,
and the M1 Max,
that's right, there's two new M1's,
doubles the M1 Pro's GPU and memory specs.
As always, we can't put too much trust
into Apple's performance numbers,
but remember last year when we were laughing
at Apple for being so confident
that its new ARM powered Mac
would blow Windows PCs out of the water?
(Riley chuckles)
I do.
Oh, also Apple took the squishy bits
off the AirPods Pro and that's the new AirPods.
So now you're all caught up.
Meanwhile, Apple haters have reason to rejoice.
That Windows 11 bug,
that was stifling gaming performance
on Ryzen based systems
might finally be getting resolved.
The latest build on the Windows Insider channel
reportedly fixes the problem,
as well as a number of other wrinkles
in the new OS.
The gaming slowdowns were a result of high latency
on the level three cache,
specifically of Ryzen CPUs
There's also another issue where
Windows 11 won't assign tasks to the fastest
core of some Ryzen chips,
though this is apparently going to be fixed
via a driver patch from AMD,
not through Microsoft.
Both fixes should be rolled out
during the middle of the week.
And if they're not,
Microsoft can always ask
for some help from Apple
because man they suck,
but their CPU's do not.
They're so.
How do they do it?
Speaking of CPU shenanigans,
you might want to think twice about picking up
a shiny new Alder Lake 12th gen Intel processor,
if you like your older games.
Alder Lake will be the first x86 CPU to use
a hybrid CPU architecture
because we are not counting Lakefield.
I'm trying to forget it.
Anyways, hybrid CPU's combine powerful cores
with efficient ones
and Alder Lake's implementation
apparently isn't playing nicely
with DRM in games.
Major DRM provider Denuvo is reportedly
updating their solutions to work with Alder Lake,
but even different games from the same publisher
may use different or multiple DRM systems.
And it's unclear whether DRM software used
by older games will get the same treatment.
So it may be wise to wait
and confirm which games will work
and which won't before running out
to buy your new chip.
Unless you've sworn to only buy games from GOG
in protest against the big platforms.
That's a game store with no DRM.
You've been there.
- [Crew Member] They're fighting big, big game.
- Big game, big game.
They're trying to kill us!
Now it's time for Quick Bits,
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They're designed to keep you moving,
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That's right, it was on my foot the whole time!
- [Crew Member] It looks enhanced.
- [Riley] It is.
It's got enhanced breathability,
and added support.
This style is perfect for the adventurous or the sporty.
They feature a pull tab
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Yeah, it's Quick Bits now, okay?
Try to keep up.
Although we've gotten used to the Switch
continually breaking sales records,
it's actually the PS5 that took the title
of best-selling game console in the US last month.
- [Crew Member] Most available game console.
(Riley laughs)
- It's the console you can buy.
That was in terms of both actual units sold
and total revenues.
This is the first time since late 2018,
a non-Switch console was at the top of the pile,
even though there's still a big supply shortage.
Why isn't anyone buying an Xbox these days?
Why is it all PS5?
Because you don't need one.
I'm going to play Halo Infinite on my phone.
Yeah, get mad!
That's not true to the experience!
This Master Chief, who is he?
Who is, what is he, what's he about?
But customizing your shiny new PS5
just got a little harder,
as Dbrand is no longer selling
their dark side plates for the console.
Sony threatened the skin maker with legal action,
saying that the PS5's design was protected,
and that producing side plates counts as infringement.
Dbrand actually dared Sony to sue them,
classic Dbrand,
and it looks like Sony said, "Okay."
Resulting in a strongly worded response
on Reddit from Dbrand which was well,
pretty on brand.
Thanks for that one, John.
(Riley laughs)
The FIFA game series from EA
has a large player base,
but outside of folks
who just really like Ultimate Team,
many of those players really hate the fact EA
is our only real option
for a football/soccer simulation.
- [Crew Member] What about Winning Eleven?
Remember that series?
- What is that?
- [Crew Member] Whatever.
- So FIFA, the organization,
is reportedly looking at expanding
its video game licensing
to companies not named EA,
after the current deal expires
at the end of next year.
Hopefully it won't involve
the corruption and bribery FIFA is
in no way famous for.
(evil laugh)
And remember that Xbox mini fridge
that Microsoft promised was coming?
You can finally start pre-ordering it
tomorrow for a hundred bucks at Target,
90 pounds at Game the UK,
and 99 euros at several European retailers.
Delivery should be sometime during December,
just in time to keep your drinks cold
for, uh, cold weather outside.
I mean, some people,
hey, whatever floats your boat.
- [Crew Member] Keep my eggnog hot!
(Riley laughs)
- I mean, it's true.
You ever have warm, spiced eggnog?
Put a little something extra in there?
(Riley slurps)
Hey, that's enough of this nonsense.
Thanks for watching guys.
Come back on Wednesday?
What day is it today?
For more tech news,
and I promise we'll have some tech news for ya.
(Riley laughs)