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Marquez is running an experiment: can a maxed-out 16-inch M5 Max MacBook Pro replace both his desktop and laptop? He has daisy-chained two Studio Displays through a CalDigit Thunderbolt 5 dock, aiming for a one-cable setup where he walks in, plugs in, and everything lights up. The experiment is already imperfect — his Universal Audio DAC refuses to work through the dock and must plug directly into the laptop, making it a two-cable setup. He plans to run this test until the next MacBook Pro redesign arrives, at which point he will decide whether to buy that laptop and continue the single-computer life or revert to a Mac Studio desktop plus a separate laptop.

The iPhone Air radicalization

David has become "thin phone pilled" after using the iPhone Air as his daily driver. He tried to switch back to a Pro model ahead of a two-week trip to Europe and found it "so heavy and thick" that it felt like a "Motorola track phone." The Air's compromises are real — the battery is mediocre, and the lack of an ultra-wide camera forced him to back up against walls to capture a photo of his remodeled kitchen. But the lightness and thinness have changed his expectations permanently. His solution for the missing telephoto is a Kyra Camera attachment: a micro four-thirds sensor that magnetically attaches to the phone via MagSafe, letting him carry a 25mm Leica lens that becomes roughly a 50mm