In our last , special edition of the Macworld Podcast , we talk about our immediate reaction to Apple ’s just - announce laptops . A week later we ’ve gotten our hands on several MacBooks and MacBook Pros and have the performance datum to prove it . In this episode , Macworld.com executive editor Philip Michaels connect lab theater director Jim Galbraith to talk over just how these fresh Apple laptop measure up .

I then affiance FileMaker ’s vice president of selling and serve Ryan Rosenberg in conversation aboutBento 2 , the recently exhaust , easy - does - it database app . Ryan detail what ’s novel in Bento 2 as well as explains the merchandise ’s lack of an incremental rise price .

And in my News & Commentary monologue I propose my two - bits on the deficiency of FireWire on the new MacBooks and the untimely expiry of the matte display .

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Show notes

Everyone has opinions about the loss of FireWire and matte screens . Our own Peter Cohen believes that most will get a line to carry on without FireWire . And , like me , Rob Griffiths maintains that matte weigh .

We ’ve benchmarked the living heck out of the new MacBook and MacBook Pro . Check out our MacBook benchmarks , our MacBook gambling benchmarks and our MacBook Pro benchmarks . Also take a look at Jason Snell ’s first looking at the MacBook and MacBook Pro And Roman Loyola takes you on a video recording tour of the Modern MacBooks ’ trackpad and multi - touch gestures .

We ’ve also posted a review article of the fresh MacBook models .

As for Bento 2 , you’re able to record William Porter ’s critical review of the latest translation of the personal database app .

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