543: Brought Into Equilibrium with a Reference Environment

Is the Vision Pro the perfect night computer? Will this year bring a sweeping redesign to Apple's operating systems? Has Apple (accidentally?) built the ultimate desktop computer for AI? Are questions a bad way to write an episode description?

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The downfall of Brydge: Ceasing operations, unpaid staff, more - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com/2023/05/04/brydge-keyboards-out-of…)
Brydge Press Release (brydge.com/release)
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Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2 - Apple (apple.com/newsroom/2024/01/apple-vision-pro-av…)
Bora Bora was worth the wait! : r/VisionPro (reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1ddeccv/bora_b…)
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Web Apps - visionOS App Store (apps.apple.com/us/app/web-apps/id6736361360)
Fullmoon (fullmoon.app)
On-Device AI - App Store (apps.apple.com/us/app/on-device-ai/id6497060890)
Apple (AAPL) Readies Dramatic Design Overhauls for iOS 19, iPadOS 19, macOS 16 - Bloomberg (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-10/apple-r…)
iOS 19 to bring an all-new design to your iPhone - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com/2025/03/10/ios-19-update-new-desig…)
Apple's New Vision for Software - Spyglass (spyglass.org/apple-vision-ios)
Daring Fireball: A New System-Wide UI Look for iOS — Let Alone MacOS, Too — Would Be a Huge Deal (daringfireball.net/2025/03/new_ui_look_ios_wou…)
Widgetsmith (widgetsmith.app)
visionOS Windows | Apple Developer Documentation (developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-gui…)
Sheets | Apple Developer Documentation (developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-gui…)
The M3 Ultra Mac Studio for Local LLMs - MacStories (macstories.net/linked/the-m3-ultra-mac-studio-…)
Apple Mac Studio with M3 Ultra Review: The Ultimate AI Developer Workstation - Max Weinbach at Creative Strategies (creativestrategies.com/mac-studio-m3-ultra-ai-…)
Apple Open Source - MLX (opensource.apple.com/projects/mlx)
GeForce RTX 5090 Graphics Cards | NVIDIA (nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/50-ser…)
H100 Tensor Core GPU | NVIDIA (nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/h100)
Upgrade #554: Level Zero Promise - Relay (relay.fm/upgrade/554)
On Apple Offering an Abstraction Layer for AI on Its Platforms - MacStories (macstories.net/stories/on-apple-offering-an-ab…)