If you could be Steve Jobs for a Day...

[MacFan25]

If you could be Steve Jobs for a day, what would you do? Would you finally release new iPods? Would you unveil a new product?

If I could be Steve Jobs for a day, I think that I would release new iPods, and unveil the Apple Music Service. If I could, then I would also unveil 15" AluBooks.

So, what would you do?

[Kwyjibo]

I would probably round up all my apple gear and unrelased products and send them to my real self. I wouldn't release anything and I might give scoops to regular more crappy rumors sites so they are able to score a big one. I would also donate that private jet to me and maybe ensure an internship for myself next summer but its quite modest when u think about it.

[patrick0brien]

-MacFan25

I'd instruct the Director of Marketing to solicit we Mac users with all the video production goodies like FCP, FCX, and iMovie to write, and produce our own 15, 30, and 60 second TV spots for Apple.

We Mac users then could attack the Myths directly thereby promoting Macs better (the way we see them)

"I could market Macintosh better than Apple Marketing in my sleep" (http://www.macdailynews.com/opinion_comments.php?id=P924_0_2_0_C)

Apple could save a load of cash as they only have to approve the ads they wish to air by paying for the air time. No need for writers producers, directors, art directors crews, cutting, editing etc. (you get the point.) or even Advertising Agencies to chew up cash.

[Flowbee]

If I were SJ for a day, I wouldn't even *think* about computers! I'd jump in my private jet, head out to Vegas, get a high-roller suite at the Bellagio, order up some hookers and a few bottles of champagne, and then party in the hot tub with my new friends until the sun came up.

I guess that's why I'm not a 'captain of industry.' :D

[janey]

i would resign as CEO and instead be the head of marketing, then fire myself to see how bad it makes people feel.
steve never shows a lot of respect to the marketing people...

[MrMacMan]

Lets see, I would of cource have an executive power to give macs to me on my 'not-steve jobs' days. :D
Forever of coarse...

Lets see once the 970 comes I will file a suit against Moto (bastards).
And get a deal for macworld New York to come back, I don't want 'create' or No Expo!!

[janey]

Originally posted by MrMacman
And get a deal for macworld New York to come back, I don't want 'create' or No Expo!!
how about a wwdc every month, with a less pricier e-ticket (like $10, instead of the current $1-2k), i would love that...

[Sun Baked]

Hire Ron Popeil as the director of sales and marketing for PC versions of Apple software...

Give him the goal of getting Appleworks and Keynote on the desktop of PCs everywhere.

[Computer_Phreak]

well...
Id send mad cash and products plus upcoming info to my real self, and also give my real self a job at apple.

Also I'd make iTunes have skins and port it to the PC.

[GeneR]

Fire Moto, get 970's and 980's in all the Macs pronto. Hmmm...

I would probably send my real self all the latest hardware and software imaginable...basically what MrMacman said. :D

[shadowfax]

how original--"i would make all the rumors come true in one day." :rolleyes:

i would get rid of those damn one button mice, and use something like the kensington pro mice, with BT though.

[G4scott]

I'd walk into a cloning lab with a shotgun and plenty of ammo...

nuf said.

[janey]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
how original--"i would make all the rumors come true in one day." :rolleyes:

i would get rid of those damn one button mice, and use something like the kensington pro mice, with BT though.
i love one button mice...but the problem is most multi-button mice are specifically for right handed people (like...most of you) and for lefties it's just really uncomfortable.

[shadowfax]

you couldn't be more wrong :p. This (http://www.maccessories.com/products/pro_mic_d1081.html) is my mouse. it's symmetrical along the lengthwise vertical axis, so it feels the same in either hand, and you can always switch the buttons around so that right clicking is left clicking and so on.

i'm actually left-handed, though i trained my right hand to use the mouse because a lot of MS mice are, as you say, for right-handed folks only. it's a limitation, but the mouse i have is the best mouse ever, period, no matter which hand you use. the apple one button mouse is fine, but it's certainly not pro. pro is efficiency at the cost of simplicity. the one-button mouse is simplicity over efficiency, 100%.

[GeneR]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
you couldn't be more wrong :p. This (http://www.maccessories.com/products/pro_mic_d1081.html) is my mouse. it's symmetrical along the lengthwise vertical axis, so it feels the same in either hand, and you can always switch the buttons around so that right clicking is left clicking and so on.

I didn't know about this mouse. Thanks for the head's up. :D

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by GeneR
I didn't know about this mouse. Thanks for the head's up. :D good times. i've had mine for about 7 months now, since before i got my mac. it is by far the best mouse i have ever seen, and it's been advertised on the back of Macworld Magazine for maybe 8-9 months... that's where i saw it. they're actually advertising the cordless version now, which came out after i bought mine :rolleyes:

[bousozoku]

I'd grow a conscience and start using it by showing respect to the people who actually do the work at Apple. I'd also put a good share of my bonus money into helping those people take care of themselves and their families.

That would be better than looking like an Epicurean.

After making other people feel better, I'd commission a quick Darwin porting frenzy to every desktop and small server processor currently available, find the best, and set my sights on change.

[scem0]

collect all the money and shut down apple and all other companies
owned by apple and then buy an apple... wait..............

damn.

;)

[G4scott]

Originally posted by scem0
collect all the money and shut down apple and all other companies
owned by apple and then buy an apple... wait..............

damn.

;)

Too complicated. Just do as I do, and kill the clones. I've got an extra gun if you'd like :D

Off to the next cloning laboratory... :cool:

[iJon]

i would take the 4 billion and run.

iJon

[GeneR]

Originally posted by iJon
i would take the 4 billion and run.

iJon

I've been guilty of being far too altruistic. Dang! That IS a brilliant idea! I wonder how much interest $4 billion would make in tax-free municipal bonds... heh! :D

[wdlove]

I would plan on setting up actual visits by the real Steve to all the Apple stores. The idea to meet with actual customers for input to make the products even better!

[GeneR]

Originally posted by wdlove
I would plan on setting up actual visits by the real Steve to all the Apple stores. The idea to meet with actual customers for input to make the products even better!

I wonder if Steve would consider that an "insanely great" idea or just insane? ;)

[RBMaraman]

I'd hold a press conference and discuss the posts on MacRumors. Then I'd list the members who come up with unrealistic predicitions for product features (i.e. Video iPod, Backlight keyboard on all laptops, Cube rebirth) and ban them from purchasing Macs (I know, I'm evil :D). Then I'd give all the MacRumors members the computer of their choice (including unreleased models). Oh, and I'd post pics of Apple's R&D center and all the products they have laying around.

[tazo]

Originally posted by Flowbee
If I were SJ for a day, I wouldn't even *think* about computers! I'd jump in my private jet, head out to Vegas, get a high-roller suite at the Bellagio, order up some hookers and a few bottles of champagne, and then party in the hot tub with my new friends until the sun came up.

I guess that's why I'm not a 'captain of industry.' :D

umm dude, sj is married with kids :D

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by tazo
umm dude, sj is married with kids :D what does that have to do with anything? :eek:

[bennetsaysargh]

people can go to vegas when they have a family.

anyway, i would release all of the products i want (iPod, 970, and tablet mac), give myself ownership of the palisades apple store, and RE-RELEASE THE CUBE! i would send myself a certificate noting that i can have anything from any apple store in the world, and give iPods to everyone who enters the palisades store that day.

[wdlove]

Originally posted by GeneR
I wonder if Steve would consider that an "insanely great" idea or just insane? ;)

You wouldn't like to have a chance top meet Steve Jobs? I would think that users of the products could give him a different perspective, might be benefical! I don't see where it is insane. :confused:

[damax452]

I would go kick Bill Gates square in the nuts.

[tazo]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
what does that have to do with anything? :eek:

he made a comment about if he were steve jobs he would go to vegas and get drunk with a bunch o hookers ;)

[Mal]

I'd probably start caring about the dealers, not just the Apple Stores. Did you see all the stuff about the lawsuits against Apple? Those dealers are the backbone of Apple's sales, and they can't afford to kill off too many of them.

JW

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by tazo
he made a comment about if he were steve jobs he would go to vegas and get drunk with a bunch o hookers ;) i know. do the words "bill clinton," "office romance," or "get away from it all" mean anything to you? :p

[Flowbee]

Originally posted by tazo
he made a comment about if he were steve jobs he would go to vegas and get drunk with a bunch o hookers ;)

Exactly. If I were Steve Jobs for a day, I don't think the real Steve Jobs would want me sleeping with his wife.

I stand by my original plan. :cool:

[jefhatfield]

i would keep the mac faithful happy by:

getting the 970 asap

lowering prices

renewing a new contract with microsoft

[Doctor Q]

If I was Steve for a day, I'd hire Doctor Q as Apple's new "MacRumors Liaison Officer", with a 10-year contract at a high salary. Then I'd go back to being me and spend all day hanging out with you guys as usual, but getting paid for it.

[bennetsaysargh]

Originally posted by jefhatfield
i would keep the mac faithful happy by:

getting the 970 asap

lowering prices

renewing a new contract with microsoft

how would having a contract with misrosoft make mac users happy?

[sturm375]

[Never Happen]
Conference Call:
-AMD
-nVidia
-IBM
-Apple OS R&D

Make a contract with AMD for Processors (The Opteron Kicks A$$). nVidia to make a custom chipset (so it is still very much propriatory Apple gear, and you can't load Windows on it). IBM can share R&D w/ AMD so their Opteron can more closely emulate a PPC. Apple OS R&D to port OS X to this new platform, and make it an easy transition for software vendors.[/Never Happen]

Donate $100 Million to the libritarian Party to defeat Bush Jr in 2004.

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by bennetsaysargh
how would having a contract with misrosoft make mac users happy?

1) me thinks ms has done well with office for mac and with ie for mac

2) having ms as a friend is a good thing in today's post-dot.com high tech industry

[bennetsaysargh]

now i see, except for the internet explorer. that piece of software is crap!

[wdlove]

Originally posted by jefhatfield
1) me thinks ms has done well with office for mac and with ie for mac

2) having ms as a friend is a good thing in today's post-dot.com high tech industry

Do you think Apple will come out with a new Office suite? Now that Apple has gone after IE with Safari & Power Point with Keynote. Somewhere I saw a rumor about a posible offering.

[scem0]

Originally posted by jefhatfield
1) me thinks ms has done well with office for mac and with ie for mac

2) having ms as a friend is a good thing in today's post-dot.com high tech industry

I think it would be even better to hire the MS mac people, and
make them make a Apple Works Suite. But I agree with you. :)

[bennetsaysargh]

lol.
isn't there rumors about "Document" and stuff like that to compete with MS Office?

[tazo]

Originally posted by sturm375


Donate $100 Million to the libritarian Party to defeat Bush Jr in 2004. [/B]

unless you can donate a miracle...

[bennetsaysargh]

please dont turn this into another political discussion! we dont want a repeat of a few weeks ago do we?

anyway, this has to be one of the best threads i've read so far at MacRumors.

[mymemory]

I would take the company's money to get every hooker in the US.

[void]

Originally posted by mymemory
I would take the company's money to get every hooker in the US.
But you're not even in the US dude!!!
Well at least not yet...

[scem0]

Change what I said before.

I would put my head on my shoulders and put a ****ing right click
and a ****ing scroll wheel on my ****ing mouse. :rolleyes: ;)

[G4scott]

Originally posted by scem0
Change what I said before.

I would put my head on my shoulders and put a ****ing right click
and a ****ing scroll wheel on my ****ing mouse. :rolleyes: ;)

I'd incorporate a shotgun into the mouse, and then take it to all of the cloning labs...