Tim’s done, now it’s John’s Ternus

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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• 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.