alloutmacstoday Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 i seccond that. he rocks in the words of Peter Seagal "Uber Geek" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickg331 Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 (edited) jobs brought apple back from the brink not so long after they tossed him out. NeXT became os x whatever issues you may have with him (and some of them are justified), jobs IS apple. eventually hell be replaced but right now is a critical time for apple if they ever want to gain some dominance in the market and if he left mac usage would plummet. steve kept apple ahead of the game and they owe most of their success to that i second alloutmacstoday: he rocks Edited February 8, 2007 by nickg331 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mix86 Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 I think steve should leave, simply because I'm a poet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleLegal Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Which Steve? The Woz certainly isnt hurting Apple As for Jobs? He might be a flamboyant {censored}, but he knows what he's doing. Let him stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Everyone is a flamboyant {censored} at Apple, legal. You should know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vik Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 I don't think that Steve Jobs sould step down, in about a year or two he should step down for a new CEO but still be in the board. That's what I think. Everybody can be replaced, but Steve Jobs is Steve Jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solu Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Steve is Apple. The company once thought they could do without Steve, and failed miserably. No Apple without Steve, ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keog Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Steve is Apple. The company once thought they could do without Steve, and failed miserably. No Apple without Steve, ever. i was going to say the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo50 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 I can tell you, if Steve Jobs ever left Apple, and they started marketing the Mac based on actual fact instead of inflated numbers, and talked about the real reasons why a Mac is better, rather than "PC's suck, and this isn't a PC", then I might actually consider getting one. Right now, I don't want to be associated with a company that lies about its product, and has such a low opinion of its own products that its only marketing tactic is to make fun of the competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
track09 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 I can tell you, if Steve Jobs ever left Apple, and they started marketing the Mac based on actual fact instead of inflated numbers, and talked about the real reasons why a Mac is better, rather than "PC's suck, and this isn't a PC", then I might actually consider getting one. Right now, I don't want to be associated with a company that lies about its product, and has such a low opinion of its own products that its only marketing tactic is to make fun of the competition. Amen. This let's compare Windows 95 problems to OS X, and we're so hip style doesn't cut it. The PC is for work (which makes the world go round), and OS X is for fun is also something else. This whole mac community thing needs to fly away. It's a damn computer, I also don't like the fellow users attitudes. The lack of customizability also hurts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo50 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Amen. This let's compare Windows 95 problems to OS X, and we're so hip style doesn't cut it. The PC is for work (which makes the world go round), and OS X is for fun is also something else. This whole mac community thing needs to fly away. It's a damn computer, I also don't like the fellow users attitudes. The lack of customizability also hurts. Macs are for fun? You've been watching too many Apple commercials. How many games do you play on your Mac? Have you seen how many games are available for Windows? There are about 6 at any given time for Mac, and they're all 2 years old. I guess if you consider making a crappy home movie that no one will ever watch and then sharing it on the web where no one will ever download it fun, then yes, Macs are for fun. Check this out for a laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
track09 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Macs are for fun? You've been watching too many Apple commercials. How many games do you play on your Mac? Have you seen how many games are available for Windows? There are about 6 at any given time for Mac, and they're all 2 years old. I guess if you consider making a crappy home movie that no one will ever watch and then sharing it on the web where no one will ever download it fun, then yes, Macs are for fun. Check this out for a laugh: Yep, I agree. Not only that, but DX 10 kicks the {censored} out of Apple's Multithreaded OpenGL. The movies, yep a perfect waste of time also, so is that little iWeb blog that maybe only a few zealots will read on your .mac account (which is a holdup). Real Video, real web design? Well, both can be done about the same on a PC with Dreamweaver and Avid, both Windows versions. Macs are nice, but there's nothing really so beneficial about them as much as ties to Windows. Also take note to the .ani glitch in Windows. Today I just downloaded Microsoft's fix, and intentionally looked for a bad .ani file, and I got off fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 I can tell you, if Steve Jobs ever left Apple, and they started marketing the Mac based on actual fact instead of inflated numbers, and talked about the real reasons why a Mac is better, rather than "PC's suck, and this isn't a PC", then I might actually consider getting one. Right now, I don't want to be associated with a company that lies about its product, and has such a low opinion of its own products that its only marketing tactic is to make fun of the competition. I feel the same way but not to the same extent. OS X really owns, but they shouldnt have to continually bash PCs to promote it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzrabbit Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 But replacing Steve at Apple would be like replacing Bill at Microsoft. There is very few men that can even think in future terms like those two. We think of today or maybe a few days down the road. Those two think 5 years or even 10 years down the road. Steve is heading in the right direction with Apple, that I can see ... Hope he keeps it up. Just my two cents ..... ZZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenta Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Honestly, I don't see what Bill has EVER done for Microsoft. I haven't taken much time to read up on the history of Microsoft, but didn't he do the business things for awhile before becoming the laid back CEO he is now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilis Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Bill isn't the CEO at Microsoft. That would be Steve Balmer (aka the crazy chair throwing gorilla - "DEVELOPERS!"). Honestly, Windows was crappier, but politically better under Bill's control versus Steve. Back in the days of Win 3.1/95/98 windows stunk. Crashed all the time. I had to reinstall at least every few months. Things would lock up for no reason. Etc. But overall it wasn't very restrictive. Fastforward to modern day. Now, truth be told, functionally, Windows 2000, XP, and even Vista aren't that bad. I use all 3 on various systems. They're fast, responsive, and never crash. Sure spyware and adware is a problem for some Windows users, but as a very computer literate person (programmer/DB admin with a BS in CompSci), I never have issues with those (I use Firefox, keep my box patched, and don't download every other stupid cursor mod or desktop buddy program I see). The problem these days though is that I can't change more than a handful of components before the OS wants to call home and reverify itself. Microsoft's media player has the most restrictive DRM model I can imagine. If you want to protect your license files (like say, if you need to reinstall), you have to back them up separately, but the person who sold the media can stipulate that it can't be backed up - so essentially if I reinstall I lose that media, and there's no way to prevent it. I'm not sure if I'd prefer to deal with the crappy functionality or the restrictive babysitting more, though "neither" is certainly my preferred answer (which is why I try to use OS X or Linux these days). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macprodan Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Check out this Video, First time I have seen it, this ran so smooth 11 years ago. and wow does it seem like the OS we have today. Not much has changed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phpguru Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Quoted above "You can tell he loves his job too, because he has been working for only $1 (plus stock) a year." Yeah... that (plus stock) gave him over 300 million dollars last year. I hate the fact that he publishes this because its simply not true. There are many many many CEOs who make less than he does when you factor it all in. If he was truly in love with his company, he'd give that stock back or do something good for the community. His publicity stunts make me sick. phpguru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticPro Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Who cares what Steve makes, if I had a job I'd want to get paid doing it. The Apple stock is at all time highs, what has Steve done wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phpguru Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Right, but you don't try to fool the public into thinking you're some humanitarian when you're really just in it for the money like the rest of us. There's no question that the company under him has done well. And from what he started, it could definitely do better. If done right (doubt it would happen under Steve), Apple could streamline their products and slash prices heavily on their computers and basically own the computer market. The way they put physical design > engineering needs to be altered to produce hardware superior products in addition to software superior products. phpguru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janderson7715 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 ...what has Steve done wrong?<br />Well, he has failed to release a mid-tower Mac, you know a regular computer like every other manufacturer sells... Next, he has refused to license OS X to the likes of Dell, HP or Sony... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Well, he has failed to release a mid-tower Mac, you know a regular computer like every other manufacturer sells... Which is really crazy because I don't understand what Apple would lose from such a computer. In fact they could gain tons more users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxsci(macuser) Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Which is really crazy because I don't understand what Apple would lose from such a computer. In fact they could gain tons more users. they would gain users but then no one would buy imacs anymore. all the cost and development of the imac would go to waste and then they would start to fall in line with every other hardware manufacturer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 they would gain users but then no one would buy imacs anymore. all the cost and development of the imac would go to waste and then they would start to fall in line with every other hardware manufacturer. I disagree with this. iMacs are a different market, some people want an "all-in-one", some don't. The developing iMac or a new mid-tower Mac is negligible to a company the size of Apple. The idea of not given people a basic choice, a mid-tower, while trying to grow market share makes no sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilleus Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 I agree. Apple needs to get a mid ranged tower, because I sure as hell don't want an allinone, I don't want a mini cube, and I can't really afford anything but the minicube anyway so I DEFINITELY can't get the pro. They need a bargain computer that's upgradable, it makes more sense to me then anything. I'd actually buy a goddamn Apple if I could afford one, but the only thing I'd be willing to buy from them is a powerbook or a mac pro. Which as I've stated before are too much $$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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