Apple’s cheap laptop looks like a winner

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 118, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, please take my Switch away so I can get some work done, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)

This week, I've been reading about moon factories and railroad monopolies and backing into parking spots, finally digging into the Acquired podcast archives, taking tons of notes on Michael Pollan's new book about consciousness, watching...