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Steve Jobs Has Passed Away
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I was a PC guy.
I'd used both PC's and Apples growing up. I remember playing Temple of Asphai on my dad's Apple IIe when I was a kid, and I remember when my mother brought home the first boxy Macintosh home from her university to write her thesis; Lode Runner, good times... good, frustrating, times.
But after college, I'd pretty much had it in my head that PC's and Windows were the place for me.
"What do you MEAN there's no second mouse button?"
"What do you MEAN there's no eject button?"
"Why can't I...etc?"
Macintoshes, to my mind, were idiot boxes, for people who were afraid of hidden files and MS DOS. And once web browsing became part and parcel of having a home computer, there was no question - let's face it, Macs SUCKED at web browsing pre-Intel chip. I could never understand why they loaded pages so slowly. There was nothing an Apple could do that a PC couldn't do better.
Then Steve Jobs came back on board at Apple. Gone were the ugly tan boxes and, in their place, something... intriguing. And EXPENSIVE. So no way, Jobs, I'll stick to my functional, fast and cheap PCs. Occasionally, there'd be a bit of Mac functionality, aesthetics or software that I admired, but for the most part there was nothing a Mac could do that I couldn't find for PC. For a while, anyway. Slowly, Macs began becoming more and more robust and I found myself struggling to emulate in Windows what I could get automatically with Mac OS: Adobe Premiere pretty much did what Final Cut did, and with Audacity and about a dozen other freeware downloads I could approximate GarageBand... but not really. But it was fine, because Macs, despite their much vaunted benchmark testing, still felt slow - they still sucked at web browsing. But there was... yearning.
Then three things happened. Apple dispensed with the PPC chips and switched to Intel. Microsoft released Vista. And finally, my workhorse of a laptop, the Dell Inspiron, finally died. But even then, I still bought another PC.
My new Dell arrived, powerful, stacked, shiny, bulky, covered with packaging. And it SUCKED. I would plug this thing in while it was running and it would, inexplicably, shut down. Vista was awful, stopping me every 5 seconds to ask me a question about what I was doing, like an over-protective, religious-crackpot parent. After 10 days of this nonsense, I was done. I sent it back, and bought my first Macbook Pro. Which was promptly stolen 6 months later. But then I bought another, which I'm typing on right now.
Sure there have been problems. These late-2008 models have notoriously awful batteries (I'm on my third one now, down to 20-minutes of life, if I'm lucky), and Apple's customer service blow-off of "water damage" is one of the biggest scams in the computer industry. I've had workers at the Genius Bar actually break my computer while opening it up and then try to blame it on said water damage.
"What's that? It rained in an adjacent state? Clearly your computer has been exposed to moisture, which cancels out the Apple Care warranty."
But those morons aren't what Apple's about. Those are the kind of idiots that Steve Jobs ignored, chose to never work for, chose to walk away from, to do his own thing. There are going to be people and problems like those at every company and field, in every walk of life - the rat race, the status quo, the conventional wisdom.
And then there are the Steve Jobs of the world, who, in the words of his own ad campaign, choose to "Think different," and drag the rest, kicking and screaming, into the future.
So thanks for the lesson, Steve. I'll work on it. Rest in peace.
I'd used both PC's and Apples growing up. I remember playing Temple of Asphai on my dad's Apple IIe when I was a kid, and I remember when my mother brought home the first boxy Macintosh home from her university to write her thesis; Lode Runner, good times... good, frustrating, times.
But after college, I'd pretty much had it in my head that PC's and Windows were the place for me.
"What do you MEAN there's no second mouse button?"
"What do you MEAN there's no eject button?"
"Why can't I...etc?"
Macintoshes, to my mind, were idiot boxes, for people who were afraid of hidden files and MS DOS. And once web browsing became part and parcel of having a home computer, there was no question - let's face it, Macs SUCKED at web browsing pre-Intel chip. I could never understand why they loaded pages so slowly. There was nothing an Apple could do that a PC couldn't do better.
Then Steve Jobs came back on board at Apple. Gone were the ugly tan boxes and, in their place, something... intriguing. And EXPENSIVE. So no way, Jobs, I'll stick to my functional, fast and cheap PCs. Occasionally, there'd be a bit of Mac functionality, aesthetics or software that I admired, but for the most part there was nothing a Mac could do that I couldn't find for PC. For a while, anyway. Slowly, Macs began becoming more and more robust and I found myself struggling to emulate in Windows what I could get automatically with Mac OS: Adobe Premiere pretty much did what Final Cut did, and with Audacity and about a dozen other freeware downloads I could approximate GarageBand... but not really. But it was fine, because Macs, despite their much vaunted benchmark testing, still felt slow - they still sucked at web browsing. But there was... yearning.
Then three things happened. Apple dispensed with the PPC chips and switched to Intel. Microsoft released Vista. And finally, my workhorse of a laptop, the Dell Inspiron, finally died. But even then, I still bought another PC.
My new Dell arrived, powerful, stacked, shiny, bulky, covered with packaging. And it SUCKED. I would plug this thing in while it was running and it would, inexplicably, shut down. Vista was awful, stopping me every 5 seconds to ask me a question about what I was doing, like an over-protective, religious-crackpot parent. After 10 days of this nonsense, I was done. I sent it back, and bought my first Macbook Pro. Which was promptly stolen 6 months later. But then I bought another, which I'm typing on right now.
Sure there have been problems. These late-2008 models have notoriously awful batteries (I'm on my third one now, down to 20-minutes of life, if I'm lucky), and Apple's customer service blow-off of "water damage" is one of the biggest scams in the computer industry. I've had workers at the Genius Bar actually break my computer while opening it up and then try to blame it on said water damage.
"What's that? It rained in an adjacent state? Clearly your computer has been exposed to moisture, which cancels out the Apple Care warranty."
But those morons aren't what Apple's about. Those are the kind of idiots that Steve Jobs ignored, chose to never work for, chose to walk away from, to do his own thing. There are going to be people and problems like those at every company and field, in every walk of life - the rat race, the status quo, the conventional wisdom.
And then there are the Steve Jobs of the world, who, in the words of his own ad campaign, choose to "Think different," and drag the rest, kicking and screaming, into the future.
So thanks for the lesson, Steve. I'll work on it. Rest in peace.
so my buddy picked up a used mac pro off a student who no longer needed it. it was dirty, marks all over. So he gave me some cleaning stuff and we both started to clean it while we were chatting about the new ios5 etc...
I stopped cleaning and said, "you know, i bet Steve is smiling right now that we're cleaning this thing like a baby."
I didn't think his passing would bother me so much, but it is. I guess it's b/c i feel like we lost a true leader and someone who made a difference.
I stopped cleaning and said, "you know, i bet Steve is smiling right now that we're cleaning this thing like a baby."
I didn't think his passing would bother me so much, but it is. I guess it's b/c i feel like we lost a true leader and someone who made a difference.
To start, I was never a big Apple fan, but I did use their products at certain points of my life. I never quite understood why Macs were so magical, why iPods were so magical, but it wasn't until I got my hands on an iPod Touch that I began to see why people loved this company so much. The iPod Touch was beautiful, yet functional. It was the Swiss Army knife during my high school days. I listened to podcasts on it. I maintained a schedule on it. And it was all thanks to its easy-to-use interface.
As for Mr. Jobs, he always came off as cold and detached in most interviews, but he always came alive on stage, and can even convince skeptics like me why we don't need optical drives in our notebooks anymore, or why glossy screens are the future.
He had that blend of foresight and charisma that pushed smartphones and portable media players beyond the limits imagined by others, and for these achievements, I salute him. He isn't dead - his legacy lives on, in the products that both you and I use every single day.
And even though I am very partisan when it comes to the PC and Mac debate, I count myself, a PC guy, among the legions of those saddened by his death.
As for Mr. Jobs, he always came off as cold and detached in most interviews, but he always came alive on stage, and can even convince skeptics like me why we don't need optical drives in our notebooks anymore, or why glossy screens are the future.
He had that blend of foresight and charisma that pushed smartphones and portable media players beyond the limits imagined by others, and for these achievements, I salute him. He isn't dead - his legacy lives on, in the products that both you and I use every single day.
And even though I am very partisan when it comes to the PC and Mac debate, I count myself, a PC guy, among the legions of those saddened by his death.
I have been a fan of everything apple for a number of years, their products have changed the way I work and play.
Today with the rest of the world I was shocked to learn of Steve Jobs passing, and have spent the last couple of hrs reading obituaries and tributes from all over the web, the more I read the more I realised how little I knew of the impact he has had on all our lives.
In reading one of these obituaries I found myself shedding a tear
RIP Steve
Today with the rest of the world I was shocked to learn of Steve Jobs passing, and have spent the last couple of hrs reading obituaries and tributes from all over the web, the more I read the more I realised how little I knew of the impact he has had on all our lives.
In reading one of these obituaries I found myself shedding a tear
RIP Steve
I can't visit any of my usual sites without being reminded of this -- from news sites to tech sites to political sites to sports sites. Very sad. Jobs will go down as one of the great world historical figures of all-time.
By the way, I think Steve Jobs is the only man in America loved by both sides of the political spectrum.
By the way, I think Steve Jobs is the only man in America loved by both sides of the political spectrum.
Steve's Walk
Steve walks up to heaven's gates. A man quickly rushes in, opens the gates and within all his excitement says: "Thank God you're here Mr. Jobs, I knew you'd save the iPhone 5 for us!".
Steve walks up to heaven's gates. A man quickly rushes in, opens the gates and within all his excitement says: "Thank God you're here Mr. Jobs, I knew you'd save the iPhone 5 for us!".
Isn't that what everyone is doing right now, remembering him and saying the goodbyes?
Steve wasn't exactly a media figure like for example Michael Jackson was. Steve had his privacy for all these years and in fact, I don't think we even know so much about him. The funeral should be for the family, and only for the family. They are the ones who knew Steve, and who Steve loved. They were the ones who were there when things weren't always so good - in both business and personal life.
Whenever Steve walked onto the stage for one of his keynotes, you could tell that he was not only trying to sell a product but he was passionate about what he was doing. I always respected that.
Thank you also, for bringing a bit of passion back into my personal IT world. Started with a ZX-81, couldn't afford an
so went for an Amiga. Mastered in Computer Science but my sparkle for IT products got killed by the boring and sometimes insanely frustrating Windows machines, so my career took a different route. Steve and got me fascinated again.
Have an email from Steve in my Inbox, too. Blew me away that he answered one of my questions personally.
Godspeed, Steve!
Thank you also, for bringing a bit of passion back into my personal IT world. Started with a ZX-81, couldn't afford an
so went for an Amiga. Mastered in Computer Science but my sparkle for IT products got killed by the boring and sometimes insanely frustrating Windows machines, so my career took a different route. Steve and got me fascinated again.Have an email from Steve in my Inbox, too. Blew me away that he answered one of my questions personally.
Godspeed, Steve!
RIP Steve....
Thanks for all the great Apple stuff, love it, use it - everyday.
Thanks so much for introducing me to the 'mac' world - my life has been so much better.
You will be missed.
Thanks for all the great Apple stuff, love it, use it - everyday.
Thanks so much for introducing me to the 'mac' world - my life has been so much better.
You will be missed.
Everything I'm hearing is that there are multiple services planned.
Apple stores are going to have a local public venue set up and a video montage from Cupertino is in production as we speak for these public services. They are not held at the stores since they don't want to disrupt traffic and lease agreements may not allow this.
There is something planned at the Buddist Temple that Steve frequented in Palo Alto, CA. This is invitation only and the Valley's biggest plus his family is there. Many are comparing it to David Packard's funeral about ten years ago. If they follow Buddhist tradition, his body will be cremated in a private ceremony with the urn held by the family.
However, there are going to be a ton of wakes for the guy all over the valley. I'm sure Woz has a blowout wake planned this or next weekend at his Los Gatos, CA estate. I saw the CBS news truck drive away from the street Woz lives on this morning and then saw a stream of Woz's interview this morning. Looks like they did a classic stool, umbrella light and camera remote right in Woz's living room. Even showed Woz's old six-color Apple logo guitar next to the fireplace.
Still raining in the Valley now. Been on an off rain since the day Steve Jobs died. I'll skip with the obvious poetic analogies. I don't get that sentimental.
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After reading all the news and videos from today, I think it has finally sunk in. You may call me sad or foolish, but I cried over a man I never knew.
But he was a man who changed the world forever, and a man we will never forget.
But he was a man who changed the world forever, and a man we will never forget.
The True Name for the New iPhone
iPhone 4S
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iPhone 4Steve
I'd like to think they named the last iphone steve would see after him.
Rest in piece Steve. You will be missed.
iPhone 4S
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iPhone 4Steve
I'd like to think they named the last iphone steve would see after him.
Rest in piece Steve. You will be missed.
R.I.P. Steve
I have always respected the man and the more and the more stories I read, the more and more I realize how much more he deserved it
not only did this guy bring us some amazing products, but his drive and passion have helped me and i am sure many others re-define our own
I have always respected the man and the more and the more stories I read, the more and more I realize how much more he deserved it
not only did this guy bring us some amazing products, but his drive and passion have helped me and i am sure many others re-define our own
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