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 Every week it seems I am being asked to integrate company data with an a.i. agent by both existing and potential clients. Just recently a company in which I am not currently engaged as a support provider called up asking if I would help them integrate their Macs with an a.i. agent called OpenClaw. This is a free open-source a.i. that they felt would be safe because your data can be stored locally and not in the cloud. Hmm...You only need to look at the OpenClaw icon displayed in this article to guess what my response was. Not just "No"; it was full, Will Smith Men in Black, "Hell no!"
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 Apple has a new MacBook called the Neo and starting at $799 CAD it is Apple's most affordable laptop - ever, they say. The Neo comes in four colours: blush, indigo, silver and citrus. The 2.7 pound, 13" computer has a 13" Liquid Retina display with 2408 x 1506 resolution and is powered by the A18 Pro chip which first appeared in the iPhone and iPad range. It provides up to 16 hours of battery life. It comes with two USB-C ports and offers Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 6 for reliable wireless connections. Apple says it features 60% recycled content - the highest percentage of any Apple product ever. That includes 90% recycled aluminum overall and 100% recycled cobalt in the battery. Cool!Click here to find out more about the new Neo!
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 Apple new Neo is not the only value-priced product to come out in the last week. Meet the iPhone 17e. This all new design provides faster performance, an advanced camera system, MagSafe charging and double the starting storage at 256GB.The iPhone 17e gets the latest A19 silicon along with a new C1X cellular modem designed by Apple. The camera is a 48MP Fusion Camera with 4K Dolby Vision video. The Ceramic Shield front cover - shared with all iPhone 17 models - is tougher than any smartphone glass and provides 3x better scratch resistance than the previous generation. All clad in a premium matte finish in your choice of black, white and new soft pink iPhone 17e starts at $899 CAD.
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 Apple wasn't just busy fleshing out the low end of the line-up last week. Apple also debuted the new MacBook Pro with all-new M5 Pro and M5 Max. If you are looking for performance you will be happy to know that in addition to blazing fast CPU choices and Thunderbolt 5 ports, the new MacBook Pro doubles SSD storage speeds and starts with double the amount at 1TB and battery life is not affected by all this new performance. All in all this baby has up to 8X the performance of the original M1 MacBook Pro. Amazing! Also included are Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 for improved performance and reliability with wireless connections. The M5 Pro supports up to 64 GB of RAM with 307GB/s of memory bandwidth, while the M5 Max can handle up to 128 GB with 614GB/s bandwidth.
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 Apple has refreshed its Studio Display series. The new Studio Display now features Thunderbolt 5 to match the new MacBook Pro and comes with a 12 MP Center Stage camera, a studio quality three-microphone array and immersive six-speaker sound system. The new Studio Display XDR is the upper end with an advanced mini-LED backlight with over 2,000 local dimming zones, up to 1000 nits of SDR brightness and 200 nits of peak HDR brightness. With 120 HZ refresh rate the Studio Display XDR is even more responsive to content in motion. Both are available in standard or nano-texture glass options.
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