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🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Benjamin and Chance discuss the week in Apple news, including the suggestion that Tim Cook’s retirement announced could come early in 2026. Also, Apple responds to user feedback on the multitasking changes with the latest iPadOS 26.2 beta 3, Tesla is rumored to be adding CarPlay to its vehicles, and MLS becomes part of the base Apple TV subscription starting next season.

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0:00.0	Mayo, I got a text yesterday for my mother-in-law who wanted buying advice about a new Apple product.
0:05.7	So I said, okay, what's up?
0:07.1	What do you need help with?
0:08.5	She sent a picture of a Facebook marketplace listing for a 2017 5K, 27-inch IMac.
0:17.5	Oh, dear.
0:18.4	And it's listed for $250. My advice was no. I don't think you should buy an
0:26.2	eight-year-old iMac that won't have software support after. Actually, I don't even think I have
0:30.8	software support now. It's probably already dropped. But yeah, definitely not after next year.
0:35.9	So I said no.
0:42.6	I was trying to think, is there a world in which you'd recommend this Facebook marketplace listing to somebody?
0:50.5	I mean, it's 4.2 gigahertz quad core Intel Core I7, 32 gigabytes of RAM, and a two-terabyte hard drive.
0:51.9	That's not a bad spec.
0:52.9	Not a bad spec.
0:55.3	The problem is a base MacBook Air would beat it.
0:55.8	Exactly.
1:00.5	But a base MacBook Air is still three times the price of that.
1:01.7	Yeah, true.
1:04.8	You could get like the Walmart one, right?
1:05.2	Yeah.
1:07.0	But it's not a desktop.
1:08.4	So that is a difference.
1:13.5	But if you really, really want a desktop Mac, then it's not the worst option in the world, but I would try and steer clear. That's what I said too. And I said,
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