(Fortune magazine) -- How's this for a gripping corporate story line: Youthful founder gets booted from his company in the 1980s, returns in the 1990s, and in the following decade survives two brushes with death, one securities-law scandal, an also-ran product lineup, and his own often unpleasant demeanor to become the dominant personality in four distinct industries, a billionaire many times over, and CEO of the most valuable company in Silicon Valley.
Sound too far-fetched to be true? Perhaps. Yet it happens to be the real-life story of Steve Jobs and his outsize impact on everything he touches.
I think Jobs could afford to give my wife a free iPod Nano for Christmas.
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WalksWithLimp (yes, that's a real CF member!)
"I tried to walk into Target, but I missed."
Mitch Hedberg
I own one apple product~a mac mini computer which is 3 years old this month and still no need to update/replace anything, crashed exactly one time which was my fault (but rebooted with disc and lost no data), hugely satisfied with it. That said, it's still some pricey stuff, but dad always said you get what you pay for and I've found that to be mostly true in life.
I own one apple product~a mac mini computer which is 3 years old this month and still no need to update/replace anything, crashed exactly one time which was my fault (but rebooted with disc and lost no data), hugely satisfied with it. That said, it's still some pricey stuff, but dad always said you get what you pay for and I've found that to be mostly true in life.
That's absolutely true.
A list of Apple stuff in my place:
-PowerBook G4. About five years old now, but still running! Barely ever needs to be rebooted and never been hit once by spyware/virii.
-Airport Extreme. Mighty fine wireless router. My wife named it "The Egg."
-iPod Shuffle. Just set that up for my wife the other day.
-Apple Newton. Oh yeah. From back in the day!
-Mac Classic. Still runs!!!!!!
__________________ "Recommend Macs to your friends. Recommend PCs to people you don't mind charging by the hour."
WalksWithLimp (yes, that's a real CF member!)
"I tried to walk into Target, but I missed."
Mitch Hedberg
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