Does the Mac mini have a place in the Mac line-up, or should it fade into the sunset? Which Mac laptop--MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Escape--is the best choice for a new college student? All this, plus lasers and fireworks, on this week’s edition of Upgrade.

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Robot or Not? - a podcast from The Incomparable

Air Navigation Pro on the App Store

Things 3

CARROT Weather on the App Store

Apple Machine Learning Journal

iPhone 7 — The Rock x Siri Dominate the Day — Apple - YouTube

Connected - Relay FM

The Mac Mini Turns 1,000 Days Old Today - The Mac Observer

Hoping for a small Mac mini revival | Macworld

MacStadium

Transcript: Phil Schiller, Craig Federighi and John Ternus on the state of Apple’s pro Macs | TechCrunch

Intel® NUC

The right Mac laptop to buy for a student - Six Colors

The case for (and against) the MacBook Air - Six Colors

The Podcast Guest Guide

Cast

Zencastr

Logitech Easy-switch Keyboard K811

Tourist | T-Mobile

Justice League Comic-Con Trailer (2017) | Movieclips Trailers - YouTube

Star Trek: Discovery | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix - YouTube

Query - Relay FM