{"id":9186,"date":"2017-06-09T18:53:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T22:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=9186"},"modified":"2017-06-09T18:53:52","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T22:53:52","slug":"this-week-in-computer-hardware-418-homepod-and-macbooks-and-threadripper-oh-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2017\/06\/09\/this-week-in-computer-hardware-418-homepod-and-macbooks-and-threadripper-oh-my\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Computer Hardware 418: HomePod and MacBooks, and Threadripper, Oh My!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OLHybkWTHuE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>HomePod, the 5K iMac Pro&#8230; ain&#8217;t that expensive, MacBook update, where&#8217;s Threadripper&#8230;and an 8K UltraSharp Monitor from DELL. 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