Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
Steven Paul "Steve" Jobswas an American information technology entrepreneur and inventor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officerof Apple Inc.; CEO and majority shareholder of Pixar Animation Studios; a member of The Walt Disney Company's board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar; and founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT Inc. Jobs is widely recognized as a pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Shortly after his death, Jobs's...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth24 February 1955
CountryUnited States of America
Apple had a great quarter, no question about it, ... We are very pleased with the strong demand for our Power Macintosh G3 computers, which accounted for 51 percent of all units sold.
Apple grew faster than the industry this quarter for the first time in nearly five years,
Anyone can subscribe. You don't even need a Mac.
This is a pretty sweeping change. This will add a tremendous amount of expertise.
This is the direct result of our focus on innovation and the immense talent and creativity at Apple. We could not be more excited about the new products we're working on for 2006.
This decision is consistent with our strategy to focus all of our software development resources on extending the Macintosh operating system.
Some people didn't like the old mouse. We have many faults, but we listen. We are moving from what some people called the worst mouse to the best mouse in the industry,
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So today for the first time, I can confirm the rumors that every release of Mac OS X has been compiled for both PowerPC and Intel. This has been going on for the last five years.
Now instead of lugging an old amp around, you can lug a PowerBook around,
Demand for iMac exceeded our most optimistic forecasts.
After 10 months of trying to strike a deal with Disney, we're moving on,
People are going to bring them home to work on something Sunday morning, they're not going to be able to get their kids away from them, and maybe someday they may even buy a second one to use at home.
I think it's hard to overestimate the plate tectonic movement of this deal, ... I think it's just the beginning.