Sad to hear of his death at 56.
I suspect here aren’t many here that haven’t been touched by his innovations…iPod, iPhone, iPad.
And if you didn’t/don’t own one of those, it’s a good bet the tech items you did buy where designed to be competritive with his products.
My first computer was a Mac for getting me through all my grad school papers.
Sad…and a reminder that talent and money don’t count for much when your time is up.
By: Moggy C - 10th October 2011 at 07:21
As a lifelong marketing man I can only stand in awe of the talent of the guy who was able to sell his products at such premium prices, and even to get his disciples wetting their knickers with excitement at the prospect of their current i-Thing being made obsolete.
That plus his deep appreciation of visual design. The Macbook Air 10″ is such a thing of beauty that I find myself wanting to own one, regardless of the fact I can’t see any way in which it would be useful in my working or social life.
Brilliant man.
Salute
Moggy
By: PeeDee - 10th October 2011 at 00:50
I read a remark….
Three Apples changed the World: –
Adam and Eve’s, Isaac Newton’s and Steve Jobs’s.
Indeed, he set the pace for others to follow and will do for some time. “Never give the customer what he wants – give him what he never expected”.
Luckily, as he had several months warning of the end, he literally emptied his mind of the ideas and plans for Apple’s future products into the Enginners. The next suspected breakthrough is a Telly.
On a personal note,
I don’t use a Mac as I learned PC in 1981 and have been stuck with it due to laziness. But every mac owner tells me I’d never go back, once tried.
I don’t have an Ipod because I tested Ipod versus Sony for quality and Sony won (By a long way actually).
I don’t own an Iphone (I get a standard phone for free from work) and I don’t see a need for an Ipod in my life.
By: Flying_Pencil - 6th October 2011 at 19:50
Sad to hear of his death at 56.
I suspect here aren’t many here that haven’t been touched by his innovations…iPod, iPhone, iPad.
And if you didn’t/don’t own one of those, it’s a good bet the tech items you did buy where designed to be competritive with his products.My first computer was a Mac for get me through all my grad school papers.
Sad…and a reminder that talent and money don’t count for much when your time is up.
Everyone’s life is directly touched by Steve, even if they never had an Apple product or saw a Pixar movie.
He is the Edison of our time.
R.I.P. Steve
By: Smith - 6th October 2011 at 08:06
RIP Steve
Love your vision and your hardware … our house has iMac, time machine and iPods. Lovely kit. Well done Steve … remarkable.
Don
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