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Apple announced on Monday that Tim Cook will step down as chief executive officer, and John Ternus, the company's senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will take his place. It's a move many have speculated over the past year, and one that feels primed for this September, when Apple may launch its most ambitious product lineup yet.
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While the organization shift won't take effect until the fall, there are several reasons to already be excited for what's to come out of Cupertino. A look back at Apple's product developments over the past decade, all of which were influenced to a degree by Ternus' team, is enough to give me hope that the future may be even brighter now for the $4 trillion company.
Here are five examples that stand out the most.
1. Leaving Intel in the dust
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Did anyone outside of Apple expect the M-series transition to be so monumental? Since launching Apple Silicon with the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini in 2020 and decoupling its systems from Intel's x86 architecture, Mac revenue has continued to hit new highs, as the company has reported each quarter.
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