1) Anyways Apple will never have the perfection with out Steve.
2) His micromanaging really made Apple.
Just because he has a Porche doesn't mean the company is making billions and doesn't need investment. He was simply trying to avoid a situation where the investor misconstrued their need for investment due to a luxury car in the parking lot.
Comparing Jobs asking a co-worker to move his car to avoid an image discrepancy is a far cry from the injustices committed by the other companies you've mentioned.
Seriously, people need to lighten up.
Choosing something purely for looks over function was something even Jobs didnt do. it was an all together package.
Something that I'm not sure the current top brass seem to understand just yet.
Thats not cleaning your house before a visitor comes. That is trying to deceive an investor into thinking you have no money so they will pump in more money. In the business word, SEC, that could get you fined or in a bunch of trouble. I mean come on Enron was just "cleaning house" before company came over right? MCI? Countrywide? Adelphia?
This is classic! Yeah...like you knew the guy! Just beautiful.Typical steve![]()
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Usually when there's a public figure that some love and some hate each side fixates on different stories that either make the person look their best or their worst.
What I love most about Steve Jobs is that for both sides they're usually the same stories.
Truly the mark of a man who lived life on his own terms without giving one single rat's ass about what others thought.
With all due respect, Steve Jobs was notorious for putting form before function.
A key reason Macbook Pros don't have blueray players is Steve wanted slot-type cd drives instead of a tray coming out, as Steve thought they were far more elegant. When told slot drives would limit the future functionality of the players, Steve went ahead anyways.
This. I think he was a phenomenal product salesman. IMO the only one who comes close to Steve in making me want an Apple product is Jony Ive (I think BuzzFeed joked that he could sell himself hair care products), but unfortunately he doesn't do keynotes.1a) Not true. The iPhone 5 is a product of the Steve Jobs era.
2a) Hardly. It may have played a small part, but the bigger picture was Steve's talent as a world class sales person. He could hype a product and deliver the most convincing show of all. He could work a crowd into a buying frenzy so intense it continues to sell products.
Apple is not a one man band. They have a huge cadre of talented people that work together to make all this happen.
Jobs was simply good at taking all the credit.
If being a dick makes one fascinating, then I must be the most fascinating person in the western hemisphere.
With all due respect, Steve Jobs was notorious for putting form before function.
A key reason Macbook Pros don't have blueray players is Steve wanted slot-type cd drives instead of a tray coming out, as Steve thought they were far more elegant. When told slot drives would limit the future functionality of the players, Steve went ahead anyways.
1a) Not true. The iPhone 5 is a product of the Steve Jobs era.
2a) Hardly. It may have played a small part, but the bigger picture was Steve's talent as a world class sales person. He could hype a product and deliver the most convincing show of all. He could work a crowd into a buying frenzy so intense it continues to sell products.
Apple is not a one man band. They have a huge cadre of talented people that work together to make all this happen.
Jobs was simply good at taking all the credit.
A key reason Macbook Pros don't have blueray players is Steve wanted slot-type cd drives instead of a tray coming out, as Steve thought they were far more elegant. When told slot drives would limit the future functionality of the players, Steve went ahead anyways.
Ummm... Short term memory? Many apple devices have been challenged over the years... The cube (plastic issue), the hockey puck mouse, antenna gate.. I am sure there are many more, after all we are only human![]()
Can't get enough of the Steve Jobs stories. Reminds me of the better times of Apple. ****** Cook. He's taking a ***** on the company. End.
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You are full of s***, if you think Steve Jobs had anything to do with anything coming out of Apple for about a year 1/2 back, you're misguided. You people need to realize that Steve Jobs knew he was sick and was exploring every option he could to stay alive, his thoughts were on A.) his family and B.) staying alive. Period. iPhone 5/iOS 6/Lion, Mountain Lion were all under Cook's discretion.
You obviously don't know much about Steve.
My what an interesting series of assumptions. Perhaps you missed all the posts that revealed Jobs left behind specific plans for over five years of products. It went on to talk about his hands on involvement with what is now iPhone 5 & others.