Tech conversations by two and sometimes three generations of techies.
Todd and Jack propose shifting recording to Thursday due to Apple’s Wednesday event. Apple announced M6 Mac Mini and Mac Studio with stacked 2-nanometer chips, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and USB-C genlock; both ship September 22.
The M6 chip doubles neural engine compute and adds GPU neural accelerators, boosting AI performance; Mac Studio uses PCIe 6 SSDs for doubled throughput. Thunderbolt 5 enables clustering. Memory up to 512GB requires M5 Ultra; costs rise. Mac OS Golden Gate (27) launches September 22.
M5 Ultra Studio upgrades include Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, 2.5-gigabit Ethernet, 36-core CPU with super cores, and neural accelerators for local AI at $5,499. John Ternus becomes CEO; Tim Cook becomes executive chair.
John Ternes joins the Board of Directors; Tim remains executive chair. Apple servers use proprietary chips, likely M2 series, supporting private cloud AI. Perovskite coatings may boost solar efficiency 29% with 25-year warranties; commercialization progresses.
John Ternus became CEO and Tim Cook executive chairman; leadership shifts may prompt departures. Apple’s advertising integration and developer friction drew criticism. Vision Pro cuts spanned video production, security, Siri, audio, and testing; redesign for spatial video viewing is suggested.
The discussion noted Apple’s lack of competitiveness and concluded with plans to schedule next week’s episode.