That one is obvious. The decision was made long before that. Apple’s A-series of chips were clearly on that trajectory for years prior. The bigger decision was

That one is obvious. The decision was made long before that. Apple’s A-series of chips were clearly on that trajectory for years prior. The bigger decision was deciding to buy NEXT instead of Be Inc. That decision brought Steve Jobs back to the company and acquired a modern operating system to replace Mac OS Classic. Amelio was fired for his decision even though it was the right one to save the company. That’s the truly hard part about being a CEO.