Tim’s done, now it’s John’s Ternus
Apr 23, 2026•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 17
Episode description
This week: It’s a revolving door at Apple Park — Tim Cook is out, John Ternus is in, Cosmic Orange is out, Dark Cherry is in, and MagSafe is out, except it might also be in!
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Links:
- Large Scale Systems Museum
- The Large Scale Systems Museum is a public museum in New Kensington, PA (just outside Pittsburgh) that showcases the history of computing and information processing technology.
- Singer System Ten
- Cray EL90
- IBM System/390
- Apple Lisa
- BeBox
- Tim Cook steps down as Apple CEO, John Ternus steps in
- Apple CEO Tim Cook transitions to executive chairman as John Ternus takes the helm of the company that makes the iPhone, Mac and more.
- Is Tim Cook Apple’s best CEO ever?
- While nobody could match the vision and drive of the late Steve Jobs, retiring Apple CEO Tim Cook definitely comes in a very close second.
- Expect John Ternus to be more decisive as Apple CEO
- John Ternus as Apple CEO may change decision-making within the company, moving from consensus to decisiveness.
- Macintosh LC 500 Series
- John Ternus promises Apple will ‘change the world once again’
- In an all-hands meeting with Apple employees, John Ternus and Tim Cook express excitement about the incredible products to come.
- Dark cherry in, cosmic orange out in iPhone 18 Pro color lineup
- In the four-color lineup, the popular and vibrant cosmic orange goes away, with a wine-colored "dark cherry" red supposedly taking its place.
- Folding iPhone could include feature many assumed was off the table
- Potential folding iPhone buyers can breathe a sigh of relief. The iPhone Ultra won't lack an important charging feature: MagSafe.
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