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Answer» It would appear that Apple have confirmed that Steve Jobs has DIED, thoughts are with his family and friends. I won't link to anything as there are going to be so many. I will link this The apple website is already bogged down-very hard to access it. Ironic, just as the 4S is released. Quote from: kpac on October 06, 2011, 03:10:36 AM Ironic, just as the 4S is released. Yes, perhaps the S should stand for "swan song": http://pomeroy.me/content/job-done Quote from: Rob Pomeroy on October 06, 2011, 03:32:44 AM Yes, perhaps the S should stand for "swan song": http://pomeroy.me/content/job-done Good article - exactly my thoughts.Thanks, kpac.This is shocking. He just recently stepped down from CEO, for health reasons, but I would have guessed he might be around for some years yet. Quote He just recently stepped down from CEO, for health reasons, but I would have guessed he might be around for some years yet. He was only 56...and I had thought that his cancer been taken care of. In his address to Stanford in 2005 he said his pancreatic cancer tumour was cured and that he "hopes to be around for decades yet". No one ever knows.I told my dad about this and he guffawed out loud while saying that this was "perfect timing." shakes head I'm like "What the censored....?" and he said, "Check if Apple's stocks have dropped," followed by another burst of explosive laughter. I guess when you find Apple's products expensive you soon adopt a rather cynical VIEW of Apple as a swindler trying to usurp money through psychological tactics which involve the famous but rather Orwellian "I'm a Mac, you're a PC" line. I asked my mother and she was in a rather philosophical mood and cited the cliche, "The old have to make way for the new some day..." and said she would always keep the iPhone 3G she has owned for 3.5 years as a relic of technological genius. I asked a few of my friends and acquaintances (most of who own at least one Apple product) and the majority said that this was all the more incentive to buy the 4S because this was the last product created with Steve Jobs in house. Some of them who have seen my rather unappealing computer motherboard rack have said that they would rather pay the price premium for a "more reliable" unibody iMac/MacBook than "generic cheapskate Windows computers" or "computers like yours without warranty." When I tell them about the specs:price ratio, they claim that "it works fine for us." Why make this or this: When you can buy this pre-made? It is shiny! I have always seen Apple as a company like Louis Vuitton-it serves the same FUNCTIONAL purpose as its cheaper counterparts-but its aesthetic appeal has transformed it into a symbol of status. http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=AAPL http://www.google.com/finance?cid=22144 Down by -0.23% as of now. http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/mac-vs-pc-myth-busting-consumer-guide/ http://hunch.com/media/reports/macpc/ Jobs hasn't been CEO for a while. In fact, I don't see any connection between Apple's generally higher price point and Steve Jobs. Prices didn't lower the first time he left the company. Additionally the "I'm a mac, I'm a PC commercials" were only within the last few years. It's interesting that you would use the term "Orwellian", particularly considering Apple's 1984 Super Bowl commercial. Lastly, I would not say, that Steve Jobs was a technological Genius. For Apple's early days, that was Steve Wozniak. What Jobs was (it is going to take a while to get used to using the term was...) a genius at was Design philosophy. Anyway, I made this earlier: Quote from: BC_Programmer on October 07, 2011, 12:48:17 AM What Jobs was (it is going to take a while to get used to using the term was...) a genius at was Design philosophy. http://gizmodo.com/343641/1960s-braun-products-hold-the-secrets-to-apples-future Quote from: BC_Programmer on October 07, 2011, 12:48:17 AM Jobs hasn't been CEO for a while. In fact, I don't see any connection between Apple's generally higher price point and Steve Jobs. Prices didn't lower the first time he left the company. Isn't (or Wasn't) Apple basically Steve Jobs and his "Design Philosophy?" considering like you said before "They leave out a rather inordinate amount of features given the price premium"? People won't want to buy Apple products if they don't have the signature "design flair." Then Apple will be forced to lower prices. Quote While many of us “geeks” care about the specs of a product over design and easiness, the general public would much rather use an easy out of the box product that looks great, and in steps Apple. from http://johnsiphone.com/people-love-apple-products/ http://hallicino.hubpages.com/hub/_86_Mac_Plus_Vs_07_AMD_DualCore_You_Wont_Believe_Who_Wins This performance comparison should be the conclusion of the "user-friendly" debate. Quote from: Transfusion on October 07, 2011, 01:08:16 AM http://hallicino.hubpages.com/hub/_86_Mac_Plus_Vs_07_AMD_DualCore_You_Wont_Believe_Who_Wins This performance comparison should be the conclusion of the "user-friendly" debate. Exactly what conclusion do you think the article presents? I'm not SURE I'm on the same wave length with you so I'm wondering exactly what you're thinking. Wow somebody dies and members on CH can turn it into a tit for tat... hows about we just respect Steve Jobs, pay our respects and walk away? Quote from: Mulreay on October 07, 2011, 01:45:47 PM Wow somebody dies and members on CH can turn it into a tit for tat... hows about we just respect Steve Jobs, pay our respects and walk away? You're quite right. Richard Stallman on Steve's death. Quote Steve Jobs, the pioneer of the computer as a jail made cool, designed to sever fools from their freedom, has died. As Chicago Mayor Harold Washington said of the corrupt former Mayor Daley, "I'm not glad he's dead, but I'm glad he's gone." Nobody DESERVES to have to die - not Jobs, not Mr. Bill, not even people guilty of bigger evils than theirs. But we all deserve the end of Jobs' malign influence on people's computing. Unfortunately, that influence continues despite his absence. We can only hope his successors, as they attempt to carry on his legacy, will be less effective. Richard Stallman, you are the worst form of human that exists in our world today, you don't deserve any respect from anyone, and with comments like this you will never have mine.

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It would appear that Apple have confirmed that Steve Jobs has DIED, thoughts are with his family and friends. I won't link to anything as there are going to be so many. I will link this

The apple website is already bogged down-very hard to access it.

Ironic, just as the 4S is released. Quote from: kpac on October 06, 2011, 03:10:36 AM

Ironic, just as the 4S is released.

Yes, perhaps the S should stand for "swan song": http://pomeroy.me/content/job-done

Quote from: Rob Pomeroy on October 06, 2011, 03:32:44 AM

Yes, perhaps the S should stand for "swan song": http://pomeroy.me/content/job-done

Good article - exactly my thoughts.Thanks, kpac.This is shocking. He just recently stepped down from CEO, for health reasons, but I would have guessed he might be around for some years yet. Quote

He just recently stepped down from CEO, for health reasons, but I would have guessed he might be around for some years yet.

He was only 56...and I had thought that his cancer been taken care of. In his address to Stanford in 2005 he said his pancreatic cancer tumour was cured and that he "hopes to be around for decades yet". No one ever knows.I told my dad about this and he guffawed out loud while saying that this was "perfect timing." *shakes head* I'm like "What the *censored*....?" and he said, "Check if Apple's stocks have dropped," followed by another burst of explosive laughter. I guess when you find Apple's products expensive you soon adopt a rather cynical VIEW of Apple as a swindler trying to usurp money through psychological tactics which involve the famous but rather Orwellian "I'm a Mac, you're a PC" line.
I asked my mother and she was in a rather philosophical mood and cited the cliche, "The old have to make way for the new some day..." and said she would always keep the iPhone 3G she has owned for 3.5 years as a relic of technological genius.
I asked a few of my friends and acquaintances (most of who own at least one Apple product) and the majority said that this was all the more incentive to buy the 4S because this was the last product created with Steve Jobs in house. Some of them who have seen my rather unappealing computer motherboard rack have said that they would rather pay the price premium for a "more reliable" unibody iMac/MacBook than "generic cheapskate Windows computers" or "computers like yours without warranty." When I tell them about the specs:price ratio, they claim that "it works fine for us." Why make this

or this:

When you can buy this pre-made? It is shiny!

I have always seen Apple as a company like Louis Vuitton-it serves the same FUNCTIONAL purpose as its cheaper counterparts-but its aesthetic appeal has transformed it into a symbol of status.

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=AAPL
http://www.google.com/finance?cid=22144
Down by -0.23% as of now.

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/mac-vs-pc-myth-busting-consumer-guide/
http://hunch.com/media/reports/macpc/
Jobs hasn't been CEO for a while. In fact, I don't see any connection between Apple's generally higher price point and Steve Jobs. Prices didn't lower the first time he left the company. Additionally the "I'm a mac, I'm a PC commercials" were only within the last few years. It's interesting that you would use the term "Orwellian", particularly considering Apple's 1984 Super Bowl commercial.

Lastly, I would not say, that Steve Jobs was a technological Genius. For Apple's early days, that was Steve Wozniak. What Jobs was (it is going to take a while to get used to using the term was...) a genius at was Design philosophy.

Anyway, I made this earlier:

Quote from: BC_Programmer on October 07, 2011, 12:48:17 AM

What Jobs was (it is going to take a while to get used to using the term was...) a genius at was Design philosophy.

http://gizmodo.com/343641/1960s-braun-products-hold-the-secrets-to-apples-future

Quote from: BC_Programmer on October 07, 2011, 12:48:17 AM

Jobs hasn't been CEO for a while. In fact, I don't see any connection between Apple's generally higher price point and Steve Jobs. Prices didn't lower the first time he left the company.

Isn't (or Wasn't) Apple basically Steve Jobs and his "Design Philosophy?" considering like you said before "They leave out a rather inordinate amount of features given the price premium"? People won't want to buy Apple products if they don't have the signature "design flair." Then Apple will be forced to lower prices.
Quote

While many of us “geeks” care about the specs of a product over design and easiness, the general public would much rather use an easy out of the box product that looks great, and in steps Apple.

from http://johnsiphone.com/people-love-apple-products/

http://hallicino.hubpages.com/hub/_86_Mac_Plus_Vs_07_AMD_DualCore_You_Wont_Believe_Who_Wins
This performance comparison should be the conclusion of the "user-friendly" debate. Quote from: Transfusion on October 07, 2011, 01:08:16 AM

http://hallicino.hubpages.com/hub/_86_Mac_Plus_Vs_07_AMD_DualCore_You_Wont_Believe_Who_Wins
This performance comparison should be the conclusion of the "user-friendly" debate.

Exactly what conclusion do you think the article presents? I'm not SURE I'm on the same wave length with you so I'm wondering exactly what you're thinking. Wow somebody dies and members on CH can turn it into a tit for tat... hows about we just respect Steve Jobs, pay our respects and walk away? Quote from: Mulreay on October 07, 2011, 01:45:47 PM

Wow somebody dies and members on CH can turn it into a tit for tat... hows about we just respect Steve Jobs, pay our respects and walk away?

You're quite right. Richard Stallman on Steve's death.
Quote

Steve Jobs, the pioneer of the computer as a jail made cool, designed to sever fools from their freedom, has died.

As Chicago Mayor Harold Washington said of the corrupt former Mayor Daley, "I'm not glad he's dead, but I'm glad he's gone." Nobody DESERVES to have to die - not Jobs, not Mr. Bill, not even people guilty of bigger evils than theirs. But we all deserve the end of Jobs' malign influence on people's computing.

Unfortunately, that influence continues despite his absence. We can only hope his successors, as they attempt to carry on his legacy, will be less effective.

Richard Stallman, you are the worst form of human that exists in our world today, you don't deserve any respect from anyone, and with comments like this you will never have mine.

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