Rest in peace Steve Jobs
Rest in peace Steve Jobs
"Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But, rather to skid in sideways........
totally worn out and broken, shouting 'Holy ****, WHAT A RIDE!'"
FirebirdPhil
25-08-2018, 06:16 AM #11his greatest win was Apple by returning the PASSION to buying/selling tech - that is all. If Apple sales people were not utterly passionate about their brand they would have gone out of business years ago.
"Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But, rather to skid in sideways........
totally worn out and broken, shouting 'Holy ****, WHAT A RIDE!'"
He made the tech accessible to everyone and to remain competitive other companies were forced to follow suit. Apple, one way or another, drove the advancement of technology through their simplistic designs and the ability to get the most out of current electronics. Their chipsets and components are pretty much all taken from other companies - but their designs, interfaces and the way that their devices encourage interaction with them are second to none.
Apple is the benchmark that all other tech companies are measured against, be it in form or function, and Apple as a business model is incomparible. This was Steve's doing, with help from a team of course, but this is why his death is having the impact it has.
It really is the end of an era.
speedfreek
25-08-2018, 08:00 AM #12I don't think it was getting people into buying / selling tech that was his greatest win, though an important one nonetheless. In my opinion his greatest achievement was getting computing tech into the general public's homes and schools and revolutionising the way that we thought/think about computing.
He made the tech accessible to everyone and to remain competitive other companies were forced to follow suit. Apple, one way or another, drove the advancement of technology through their simplistic designs and the ability to get the most out of current electronics. Their chipsets and components are pretty much all taken from other companies - but their designs, interfaces and the way that their devices encourage interaction with them are second to none.
Apple is the benchmark that all other tech companies are measured against, be it in form or function, and Apple as a business model is incomparible. This was Steve's doing, with help from a team of course, but this is why his death is having the impact it has.
It really is the end of an era.
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speedfreek I don't think it was getting people into buying / selling tech that was his greatest win, though an important one nonetheless. In my opinion his greatest achievement was getting computing tech into the general public's homes and schools and revolutionising the way that we thought/think about computing.
He made the tech accessible to everyone and to remain competitive other companies were forced to follow suit. Apple, one way or another, drove the advancement of technology through their simplistic designs and the ability to get the most out of current electronics. Their chipsets and components are pretty much all taken from other companies - but their designs, interfaces and the way that their devices encourage interaction with them are second to none.
Apple is the benchmark that all other tech companies are measured against, be it in form or function, and Apple as a business model is incomparible. This was Steve's doing, with help from a team of course, but this is why his death is having the impact it has.
It really is the end of an era.
I disagree.
I think you'll find Apple continue onwards doing what they do just fine without him. He didn't design the iPod/iPad or OS X, Jonathan Ive did. And you really wouldn't be saying that about how their devices interact together if you had to support them on a daily basis
Tech was already well into schools and homes before Apple's recent revolution - I've been supporting IT installations in schools since 1996 and I've only ever done 1 install that involved Apples!It's important to seperate the man and the company. This is a thread about Steve Jobs, not about Apple, whether or not that is his greatest achievement. Surviving cancer for 8 years is a pretty big achievement if you ask me!
speedfreek I don't think it was getting people into buying / selling tech that was his greatest win, though an important one nonetheless. In my opinion his greatest achievement was getting computing tech into the general public's homes and schools and revolutionising the way that we thought/think about computing.
He made the tech accessible to everyone and to remain competitive other companies were forced to follow suit. Apple, one way or another, drove the advancement of technology through their simplistic designs and the ability to get the most out of current electronics. Their chipsets and components are pretty much all taken from other companies - but their designs, interfaces and the way that their devices encourage interaction with them are second to none.
Apple is the benchmark that all other tech companies are measured against, be it in form or function, and Apple as a business model is incomparible. This was Steve's doing, with help from a team of course, but this is why his death is having the impact it has.
It really is the end of an era.
I disagree.
I think you'll find Apple continue onwards doing what they do just fine without him. He didn't design the iPod/iPad or OS X, Jonathan Ive did. And you really wouldn't be saying that about how their devices interact together if you had to support them on a daily basis
Tech was already well into schools and homes before Apple's recent revolution - I've been supporting IT installations in schools since 1996 and I've only ever done 1 install that involved Apples!It's important to seperate the man and the company. This is a thread about Steve Jobs, not about Apple, whether or not that is his greatest achievement. Surviving cancer for 8 years is a pretty big achievement if you ask me!
Incidentally, I wasn't talking about interaction between devices, more people interacting with them. I have an iphone, ipad and macbook - and just in terms of ease of use they knock the socks off of the pc. I'm also not suprised that you haven't installed Apples in schools since 96 as they are somewhat cost prohibitive, but prior to that, when I was in school for example, they were everywhere.
I'm no fanboy though, as I actually prefer the PC, but I really admire for what Steve has acheived - and you are very right, surviving cancer for 8 years is a near superhuman feat.
Whatever anyone's viewpoint on the man or the company he built - it certainly gets people talking, that's for sure
toxo I disagree.
I think you'll find Apple continue onwards doing what they do just fine without him. He didn't design the iPod/iPad or OS X, Jonathan Ive did. And you really wouldn't be saying that about how their devices interact together if you had to support them on a daily basis
It's important to seperate the man and the company. This is a thread about Steve Jobs, not about Apple, whether or not that is his greatest achievement. Surviving cancer for 8 years is a pretty big achievement if you ask me!
speedfreek
25-08-2018, 08:15 AM #14Steve Jobs was the head of that company. He made the decisions, approved the designs, tweaked the OS - it was all HIS vision and HIS decision.
Incidentally, I wasn't talking about interaction between devices, more people interacting with them. I have an iphone, ipad and macbook - and just in terms of ease of use they knock the socks off of the pc. I'm also not suprised that you haven't installed Apples in schools since 96 as they are somewhat cost prohibitive, but prior to that, when I was in school for example, they were everywhere.
I'm no fanboy though, as I actually prefer the PC, but I really admire for what Steve has acheived - and you are very right, surviving cancer for 8 years is a near superhuman feat.
Whatever anyone's viewpoint on the man or the company he built - it certainly gets people talking, that's for sure
toxo I disagree.
I think you'll find Apple continue onwards doing what they do just fine without him. He didn't design the iPod/iPad or OS X, Jonathan Ive did. And you really wouldn't be saying that about how their devices interact together if you had to support them on a daily basis
It's important to seperate the man and the company. This is a thread about Steve Jobs, not about Apple, whether or not that is his greatest achievement. Surviving cancer for 8 years is a pretty big achievement if you ask me!
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