Bicycle for the mind
 

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Steve Jobs, the Tullio Campagnolo of the computer world? The lovers of ultra expensive, high quality and beautiful kit have lost another icon today.

Steve will be missed. By Apple investors particularly.

I used my first Apple II in the early 80's, and even had a Lisa to play with at work prior to the Mac's release. But in the intervening almost 30 years, the only Apple equipment I've ever bought is for my artist daughter. I'll bet there are not many of us out here on BF. Any other no iPod, iPad, iPhone, iMac, i(anything) non-users?

I work in the design field and have yet to drink that kool-aid. That said, the man was a serious part of the company and they'll definitely feel that loss for years to come.

Jobs
: Japan's very interesting. Some people think it copies things. I don't think that any more. I think what they do is reinvent things. They will get something that's already been invented and study it until they thoroughly understand it. In some cases, they understand it better than the original inventor. Out of that understanding, they will reinvent it in a more refined second-generation version. That strategy works only when what they're working with isn't changing very much
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the stereo industry and the automobile industry are two examples. When the target is moving quickly, they find itvery difficult, because that reinvention cycle takes a few years.

Eerily insightfull statement. Let's start another campy/shimano flamewar, shall we?

BTW this interview was with Playboy. People do read it for the articles, right?

http://www.scribd.com/doc/43945579/P...ith-Steve-Jobs

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Source: Jonathan Mak Long

Definitely one of the "I refuse to buy iAnything" types - mainly because I've watched Apple turn into the mega-squashing, control freak, technology giant that every was afraid Microsoft would turn into (or claimed they had). Not that they don't deserve it - they certainly earned it with the product. I'm just refusing to buy into the kool-aid.

Between the "iPhone 4S is only excellent, not brilliant, therefore it's a failure" followed 24 hours later by Jobs' death, I'm waiting for the investor panic.

Even if you didn't buy Apple, didn't even like Apple - try to imagine how utterly dull, lifeless, unimaginative, and boring Microsoft products would be today, had Apple not become their competitor.

My daughter's school issued all the kids ipads this year. Amazing little device. As a classroom tool, I expect it has great potential. But so far all I've seen her doing is playing games on it. I like Angry Birds, it is fabulously stupid.

I don't want one, nor any kind of iAnything either.

Ha, to you especially technology must have come full circle with the tablet!

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Me. I even found an iPod while walking the dogs. It works, but don't feel the need to have music stuck in my ears every waking moment. For work I had a Blackberry, for computers PCs are fine. Apple stuff is cool but I'm not the target market.