Tag: <span>apple</span>

New Apple CEO, John Ternus

By Jay Torres

On September 1, Tim Cook stepped down as CEO of Apple. John Ternus was appointed CEO, having previously served as SVP of Hardware Engineering.

Apple recently updated their leadership page. Turns out I have something in common with John Ternus. At the end of Ternus’ bio:

Prior to Apple, John worked as a mechanical engineer at Virtual Research Systems. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

I, too, have a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.

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Looking back: Night of the Panther

By Jay Torres

Michael Steeber on his Substack newsletter:

Back in the days when software could be weighed and measured, the release of a new operating system was as big of a deal as any other hardware release. But let’s not forget: updates weren’t free. Mac OS X Panther, released on October 24, 2003 at 8:00 p.m., cost $129.

This was shortly after I left Apple Retail, but looking at the pictures from this era brings me back to that time.

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