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In the days before the announcement, I heard podcast pundits speculate that it might have been priced anywhere from $1500 to $1800. But at a starting price of just $1,299 (and with the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros at significantly higher price points), the 15-inch MacBook Air is going to be a huge seller for Apple.

On May 29, 2023, Costco began a sale on the M1 Max-based Mac Studio (the base processor model with 32 GB memory and 512 GB storage), selling it for $1,499.99, or $500 below Apple's price. Then the rumors started spinning up that WWDC might indeed bring us new M2-based Mac Studios, despite months of rumors suggesting a spec-bumped Mac Studio (with M2- or M3-based processors) might be coming but not until late 2023.

I for one hope the rumors are true and that M2-based Mac Studio models are only days away. Despite my really needing at least 1 TB of storage, I almost bought the Costco deal since the price is so good. Now it seems smart to wait at least a few more days — even though it means missing the Costco deal, which expires June 2.

That Costco was offering 25% savings on the M1 Max-based Mac Studio base model makes me think they have insider knowledge of Apple's plans. We don't usually see that kind of savings on older models until after new models are already on the market, right?

My first thought for the FTC is, "Yeah, good luck with getting Facebook to truly care about privacy." The irony here is that market forces is already taking care of what the FTC probably can't in that the number of people under age 30 using Facebook (the original blue app & website) is much smaller than 10-15 years ago.

Lila, it's a nice profile of the store, but your language could use some tweaking. You call this Apple Store a "temple" in the headline, implying that this is a location we should revere. But in your first sentence and in two other places, you describe its location and/or the store itself as "infamous" — a negative term that is not a synonym for "famous." In fact, you spent the first half of the article describing the serenity of the store and Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade. It's only in the "Closed, closed, closed" section (when you employ term "infamous" for the third time) that you start describing anything negative about the location.

The series profiling Apple's most interesting retail stores would be better served by recognizing this particular store for what it remains, which is a prominent example of Apple's fantastic architectural design (including its famous, not infamous, glass facades). You could certainly call this store a great design in a location that has recently started to become infamous amongst local shoppers due to pandemic-related closings of other high-end retailers. This Santa Monica shopping district is probably neither famous nor infamous beyond people who live nearby and/or shopping industry executives.

Might the neighborhood's current downward trend eventually have an effect on this Apple location? Of course. But one could argue that the Apple Store itself is not infamous nor the reason for the decline of the Third Street Promenade.

In your review, you wrote, "However, with its status as a full-sized keyboard with a numeric keypad, it's awkward to transport in a laptop bag alongside a MacBook, barely fitting even in our largest laptop bag." Although not technically incorrect, I believe your observation serves as unwarranted criticism because neither this keyboard nor Apple's own Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad or similar third-party full-size keyboards are likely positioned or marketed as transportable, take-it-with-you keyboards for MacBook users.

Full-sized keyboards (even the wireless variety) are much more likely to remain stationary on a desk at home or work, even when paired with a MacBook. For people who want a more portable wireless keyboard, Apple offers the regular Magic Keyboard (without numeric keypad), and there are third-party competitors like the Satechi Slim X1 Bluetooth Backlit Keyboard. Such products are much more likely to be transported "in a laptop bag alongside a MacBook."

If your review's final score factored in the transportability of the keyboard, the appropriate thing to do would be to remove that factor from your equation and potentially give the product a better score than 2.5 out of 5. If your review's score did not factor in the keyboard's transportability, consider removing that sentence from your review.