Transcript
A (0:00)
Hello, and welcome to a free preview of Sharp Tech. Hello, and welcome back to another episode of Sharp Tech. I'm Andrew Sharp, and on the other line, Ben Thompson. Ben, how you doing?
B (0:19)
Perturbed. Andrew. I have a new computer, so it's complicated, but all the recordings happening on my main computer, but. But I need a computer in front of me for the rundown, which may or may not be accurate. You sometimes just suddenly pull out things that are not there. And I'm like, what the happen?
A (0:36)
I gotta keep you on your toes.
B (0:37)
And you're like, oh, sorry, I'm reading out of. Yeah. You're like, oh, I made my draft in Gmail, which I'm reading out of. I'm like, I'm using Microsoft Word for your sake. It's unbelievable. But so I have my. So what happened was I have had. I think I've talked about this. I have two computers. I have my MacBook Pro that mostly stays on my desk. If I'm traveling and working, I will bring it with me. But it is basically a desktop computer, and it's great. The MacBook Air is amazing for sort of carrying around having with you at an M2 MacBook Air for a long time. Love it. Amazing computer. Unfortunately, because I carry it around all the time. It is like the baseball games and practices and I'm working in the car. It's gotten dropped. At one time, it was left in the backseat of the car. There were two boys in there. It's like, all stomped on. It's got, you know, but that's fine. I mean, it's not fine, but, you know, it's okay. There's nothing important on there. The problem is it started Colonel panicking. So last week, I think we talked about this, my computer crashed. The crashes are accelerating in frequency.
A (1:39)
Oh, interesting. Okay.
B (1:41)
Well, what happens is, especially if you drop it, stuff inside gets loose and it starts sort of, like, shorting out. And like, that's like an unrecoverable error. The whole thing is just going to, like, go. So I was pretty sure. But yesterday it got really bad. Like, I need a computer for the podcast recording tomorrow. So went to the Apple Store, just bought a new MacBook Air.
A (2:01)
Okay.
B (2:02)
The problem is the MacBook Air runs Tahoe, the new Mac OS. And everyone's been complaining about Tahoe. And I validate most of those complaints.
A (2:13)
Yeah.
B (2:13)
But there's a complaint no one's mentioned, which is I kept feeling like it was weirdly dim, and I'm like, what's like, I checked the specs. Did they change the screen from the M2 MacBook, of course. No, they didn't make a dimmer screen. What turns out my. My Tahoe complaint. I just want to add it to the list of everyone else. The interface is so white. It's white on white on white on white everywhere, that it makes the whole thing seem dim. It's like it's. It's a really bizarre effect. Yes, I could do dark Mode. Unfortunately, I'm 45 years old. We're circle back to me being 45 years old. My eyes set at the end. No dark mode for me. So anyhow, I just want to register. Add to the Whitney of Tahoe complaints. Too much white contrast, please.
