On 11-10-06 10:33 AM, Stan Halpin wrote:
Four things WRT Steve Jobs and computers: 1. Operationilizing the concept of personal computers; 2. Taking the Xerox PARC notion of a GUI and making it work; 3. The switch from OS-9 to OS-X (which oh-by-the-way also paved the way for the iOS); 4. Well designed usable transportable laptops. The ancillary stuff, like iPods and iPhones, are nice gadgets that I enjoy as consumer and stockholder, and they reflect his passion for design esthetics, but I think his computer influence is far more fundamental and I hope that is what history and the common man will recognize. stan
Stan, you are failing to appreciate the fundamental role that the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad play in the story of computers. They represent an important evolution in the gradual appliance-ization of personal computers. Most high technology goes through stages where it's expensive and complex and only for enthusiasts at the beginning, then eventually becomes pretty-much turnkey and a no-brainer for everyone. The car for instance.
The iPhone is really a tiny personal computer that just happens to also have mobile phone technology built in to it. The iPod Touch is a tiny personal computer that also makes a good music player. I read all the Steve Jobs obits and "what happens to Apple now" news on my iPod Touch while having breakfast this morning.
So these aren't ancillary stuff, they are a huge part of the future of computers. They should be your point #5.
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