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Today on the flagship podcast of really old computers:
03:54 - Walt Mossberg, former Verge executive editor and longtime Wall Street Journal tech columnist, joins the show to discuss forty years of the Macintosh computer.
Mossberg - The Verge
The Mac turns 40 — and keeps on moving
Steve Jobs Introduces the Macintosh
Looking back on 40 years of Macintosh
40:28 - Ali Abdaal chats about his new book "Feel Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters To You" and why overthinking your productivity system might not be such a good idea.
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Feel Good Productivity
1:06:53 - David Pierce answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline about laptops.
The best laptops you can get
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