Quote: "I don't think Apple can bounce back from this. Jobs was Apple, I don't think they'll be able to manage without him. If I recall correctly, he left the company once for a couple of years, and it nearly went completely bust, then he returned and basically rebuilt it again. The man was a genius."
I think it'll carry itself for a while. I think the real test will be when it would be about time for Apple to introduce the next "big thing". I think then we'll know if it still has innovation in it. But I think that the main guys Steve surrounded himself with since he took back over can carry the current products a couple more generations, not only because they are talented, but those products still have Steve in them and will for a couple years.
Quote: "Something I don't like about any of these remembrance threads is people saying "RIP" or "I give my condolences", you didn't know the guy and his family wont read this forum. I know you all mean well, but I feel there's something false and almost disrespectful about messages like that on internet forums."
Who says we are saying it to his family? I know that Steve Jobs is an inspiration to me, and I greatly admire the guy, but I'm not going to personally hunt down his family just so I can say a few words acknowledging his passing.
Quote: "only incredible thing about him mis the iphone in my honest opinion: ipods are just like every other mp3, just a tiny bit better, the mac iam not a fan of at all outside of say software like drawing tools, modelling tools and such..
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Dude, you're looking at it how it is now. iPods took off the way they did because at the time, it A. Was a damn good mp3 player and B. was cool. Plus the iTunes store, two years later, propelled that vehicle even further. The tablet PC market was a fairly unexplored territory until the iPad paved the way, and now you can't walk into the store without being hit with every Samsung / Sony / Android what have you. And Mac computers, say what you will about preference, were key in influencing how modern computers work altogether.
Anywho, I apparently have way too much time on my hands.