Steve Jobs passed away!

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I'd say the intel transition was one of their best moves...

It was lulzworthy after spending a decade bashing Intel to see them whip around and give big gay hugs to x86 processors, but yeah, the Intel transition was without a doubt their shrewdest technological move.

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Back on topic, his showmanship certainly improved over the years but nobody can deny his enthusiasm for technology, even at the start.

Here, Steve demonstrates the original OSX

Love this demo.  Not quite as much as Doug Englebart's "Killer Demo" from 1969, but it is neat.

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Since folks love to play "what if?" around here, if Jobs had not returned to Apple, would it have collapsed like Commodore?

I don't think I've spent a penny on a single thing Apple produced.

Apple was doomed in the mid 1990s.  Even with the iMac's designer working hard, I don't think there was that "spark" that Jobs brought (note: I think Jobs was a horrible person, but that's for another time).  The two saving events for Apple were Jobs' return and Microsoft's huge infusion of cash.

As I often say, Apple is still alive because Microsoft decided to let them live.