If Steve Jobs walked into Apple Computer now, which products would he nix?

[Appleaker]

These are small details, but I think they're the most likely:

• Work to reduce or remove camera bumps.
• We would have Mac Pro and Mac mini updates sooner.
• Add at least another USB-C port to the MacBook.
• Change and streamline Apples keyboards.
• Listen to MBP customers when redesigning.
• Keep MagSafe in some form.
• Go back to skeuomorphism in some ways.
• Streamline product lines and released
• A lot of other things I can't think of right now.

He would also have different visions for the product lines, so we would see a change everywhere. I'm also not sure how he would feel about some of Apples decisions such as the removal of the headphone jack and certain pricing strategies .

 

[Appleaker]

The more I think about it, the more I come to suspect he'd get rid of things like 3D Touch and the Force Touch Trackpad.

Definitely not. I think you may just be looking at the Force Touch trackpad in terms of 'force touching' things, but that's not the only reason why it's there, it's just a bonus. The ability to click anywhere in the trackpad, the ability to adjust the feeling/pressure sensitivity, and the thinner design are all more important than that and reasons he would keep it. For someone who endeavoured to get rid of moving components (although the keyboard/mouse were excluded from that vision), I think he would love it, along with the fact that it provides the 'magical' Apple experience.

It feels like you're also looking at 3D Touch in terms of the implementation rather than the underlying technology. The implementation isn't good, although one area where it is useful is as a trackpad on the keyboard. That is something that couldn't be done in a more natural way without 3D Touch. Also remember that the underlying technology allows for the onscreen home button.

If there is one thing he would get rid of out of the two, I would imagine it would be 3D Touch however that may just be on something like the Watch, which I'm sure would look very different anyway if he had been there for the entire development of the product.

 

[jweinraub]

He would get rid of the long lines at the Genius Bar.
Made appointment on Friday for next Tuesday mid day.
This is a trend as I've used the Bar few times last year and each time I had several day delay.
Epic Fail.

Sometimes it is so beyond booked I can't make any appointment at any Apple store and fortunately for me I live near several, but alas, just the cube on fifth avenue had one at 3am. Eff that. I just walked in without an appointment. Had to wait three hours for a replacement device but the experience was terrible.

 

[hawkeye_a]

WWSJD?...

Get rid of:
-Apple Watch (or at least start over)
-Apple Music
-Sell Beats
-F'in camera bulge on iPhones

 

[ApfelKuchen]

Which Steve Jobs should come back to the future, seated beside Doc Brown in the Delorean? The Steve of 1976 (garage)? 1984 (Mac)? 1997 (return-and-rescue)? 2001-2003 (iPod, Apple Retail Store, iTunes Store)? 2005 (Intel-based Macs)? 2007 (drop "Computer" from company name, announce iPhone and Apple TV)?

The assumption here is always the 1997 "Return-and-Rescue Steve Action Figure," even though the company is in no need of rescue (unless it's to save it from its own success). This Dream Steve would fulfill fantasies of a dramatically smaller, Mac-centric Apple that will get rid of whatever products you have no personal use for, simultaneously resurrecting all your favorites from the past (hint: that's "replacement," not "nixing").

If you look at the arc of Steve's career, he was usually far more interested in growth than stability or contraction. He wasn't one to return, nostalgically, to an earlier era (who killed the Apple II?). It's Steve, not Tim Cook, who placed the company on its current path and launched nearly all its current product lines. You think he's going to come back bearing regrets, determined to reduce the value of his Apple stock?

Does anyone consider the possibility that Back to the Future Steve would add more products?

 

[JMacHack]

I dunno if Steve would really nix anything. I think he'd be far more likely to stand over people's shoulders and ask them how they can make everything work together.

In between throwing chairs and yelling obscenities at people of course.

Maybe he'd tell people to either acquire better touch tool and the app that shares screens with the iPad Pro and a Mac or make better versions.

 

[AidenShaw]

WWSJD?...

Get rid of:
-Tim

 

[DaveOP]

WWSJD?...

Get rid of:
-Tim

Yeah, dump the guy that made them the most profitable company in the world, with the most popular products. This makes a LOT of sense. You should be CEO.

 

[SAIRUS]

Gone: iPad Mini, Apple Watch Sports/Editions, just Steel, MacBook Airs, the iPad Pro line is just the remaining iPad line
Updates:
12.9 iPad Pro with true tone, with 3d touch across all lines
iPhone SE Updated to uniform design of latest model
8K Cinema Display
4K Apple TV with 4K iTunes content
Updated Mac Pro Series as flagship with features trickling down to other products
Would of thrown in an usb C to usb a adapter in the Pro Lines
Made everything bluetooth, removing the headphone jack, but included a usb c adapter in Pro series
Backs of laptops would continue to light up.