Max Weinbach

Research · September 22, 2026

M5 Ultra Mac Studio: Frankly, It’s Overpowered

The M5 Ultra Mac Studio is insanely good. For how I work, it is the most compelling local AI machine I’ve used, and frankly it feels overpowered. I can have a capable model loaded, agents doing real

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Research · September 10, 2026

Apple’s AI Strategy Starts With the iPhone

One of the more important ideas Apple put forward at its event was also one of the most familiar. The iPhone is becoming your personal intelligence hub. Think about what that product needs: your personal context, a screen,

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Research · August 11, 2026

Google's new event strategy is great

This may sound weird to those who aren't in the media/influencer/analyst/tech event scene, which is likely the vast majority of people reading this, but I want to talk about something that I found

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Research · June 24, 2026

Intel’s New G3 Extreme Shows Why PC Handhelds Will Keep Growing

I have a habit when I review gaming hardware: I use the review as an excuse to finally play something I have been putting off. The RTX 5090 was my excuse to play Alan Wake 2, and I loved that game. The MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ became my excuse to restart Marvel’s Spider-Man 2,…

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Research · June 6, 2026

Boring is Best: The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x is My Default Snapdragon Laptop

I’m now on day three of product reviewing, and today I’m looking at the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x with the Snapdragon X2 Elite. This is a laptop that gets almost everything right. Good products tend to be boring, and that’s exactly what makes this machine so impressive. I was watching the movie The Hitman

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Research · June 4, 2026

The Dell XPS 14 Is Back, and Dell Nailed It

I have had the new Dell XPS 14 for a few months now. Let’s get the big statement out of the way first: this is the first Windows laptop I’ve used in a long time that feels like they cared about the user experience. Saying a Dell feels as nice and premium as a Mac…

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Research · June 2, 2026

Microsoft Build 2026: RTX Spark and Windows’ Apple Silicon Moment

Microsoft Build 2026 was the week Windows stopped trying to win on the spec sheet and started trying to win on the thing that makes a computer worth using. For years the Windows answer to the Mac was some version of “we can match that.” A faster chip here, a borrowed feature there. This was…

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Research · May 19, 2026

Google I/O 2026: Gemini 3.5 Flash and Google’s Agent Platform Strategy

Google I/O 2026 turned a model launch into a platform statement. It was the clearest evidence yet that Google wants Gemini to become the operating layer for work across consumer products, developer tools, enterprise systems, and cloud-managed agents. Gemini 3.5 Flash is the center of that story. Goo

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Research · May 12, 2026

The Android Show 2026: Android’s Intelligence System Era

Google’s Android Show was more important than a pre-I/O feature preview. It was the clearest evidence yet that Google’s decision to give Android its own stage is the right one. Google started carving Android out this way last year, and this year’s show made the case for continuing that separation mu

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