Is steve Unwell

[IJ Reilly]

Personally, I find this poll-taking on Jobs' health to be in poor taste. Let the man be. He looks fine to me, as one who saw fifty some years ago.


I'm not voting.

So now you're worried about poor taste?

Seriously, I'm not voting either. But I've stood arms-length from the man enough times over the years to know that he's showing signs of more than just being past 50, or recovery from cancer surgery, which was over two years ago.

It may seem in poor taste, or ghoulish even to discuss it, but the question is an important one, to fans of Apple. Not to mention, stock holders.

 

[Richard Bleiche]

Unwell

Very astute observations...both about his appearance and his multiple breaks.

 

[CompUser]

I say he looks very frail...

you decide

Macworld 2006 (according to site)

WWDC 2006

 

[zap2]

I'm sure if it was important to Apple, he'd come out and say it.. i'm sure Jobs has a plan of what to do if something is wrong... he is looking a bit thin, but he had cance and is aging, so all thing considered his going damn fine.

Trust Mr. Jobs if we need to know about it, he'll tell use(or atleast have an internal plan for it)

 

[IJ Reilly]

I'm sure if it was important to Apple, he'd come out and say it.. i'm sure Jobs has a plan of what to do if something is wrong... he is looking a bit thin, but he had cance and is aging, so all thing considered his going damn fine.

I don't see any reason to make this assumption. Neither Apple nor Steve Jobs are under any obligation to share personal details about his health with the public.

On the other matter, I've said it already. I'm here to tell you, it ain't so.

 

[spicyapple]

Macworld 2006 (according to site)

That is a very healthy CEO weight for a man of his age.

The visible weight loss we saw on display yesterday is simply stunning. Although he has the right to privacy, there's nothing immoral or wrong about discussing his weight/possibility of sickness in a public forum. People do it all the time, whether on the net or in private conversation. He is a public figure, and should expect to be judged in public, regardless of the subject matter.

It's morose, but hey, it's not steak and cheese content.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Quite a few people noted after his MW-SF 2006 keynote that he didn't seem to be up to full strength. His voice wasn't as strong as we've heard it previously, it was scratchy and he coughed a lot. Unlike previous keynotes, he did not reappear on stage afterwards for a photo-op with the new products. This is not about Steve being in his early 50s.

 

[evangelion-01]

he looked really bad :"(

 

[MacRumoron]

he has been losing weight for the past couple years

nvm, i took a quick look at some old keynotes and it seems like he gains and loses weight each keynote

 

[mcarnes]

Steve will be CEO at Apple for another 15 years, and advisor for many years after that until he dies at the ripe old age of 104. Let's keep some optimism here.

 

[FadeToBlack]

Like others have said, I don't really think it's our business, but I will give my opinion. I definitely noticed that he looked thinner when I watched the keynote, but that doesn't mean he's sick.

As far as the other people speaking at the keynote goes, they've done that before. Phil Schiller, for example, has helped him out with his presentations before, so that may not mean anything, either. Maybe he just wasn't feeling well that day?

Overall, I still think he did a great job with the keynote and I was still as excited as ever through most of it.

 

[Macmadant]

Like others have said, I don't really think it's our business, but I will give my opinion. I definitely noticed that he looked thinner when I watched the keynote, but that doesn't mean he's sick.

As far as the other people speaking at the keynote goes, they've done that before. Phil Schiller, for example, has helped him out with his presentations before, so that may not mean anything, either. Maybe he just wasn't feeling well that day?

Overall, I still think he did a great job with the keynote and I was still as excited as ever through most of it.

No it isn't any of our business, were just expressing concern for the man

 

[Play Ultimate]

From just looking at the pictures, he seems to be fine; looks like he lost some weight. If you look at the 2005 pic, he has some mass around his mid-section that the 2006 picture does not have. It looks like he has done more aerobic exercise (runnning, biking) and lost some of that extra weight.
RE: others on stage. I feel that it is about time, especially at WWDC. Other players know far more than Steve does on some of these topics and the developers need good info; not marketing as it would take place at MWSF.

 

[Josh]

The old Steve Jobs (WWDC 05) could kick the new Steve Jobs' (WWDC 06) ass.

 

[Yvan256]

I'd say the guy, not phil, but the other one did a pretty good job at his presentation. He seems to have that youth ignorance to him (even though he might not be young) but he was pretty convincing. No Steve though...

Yeah, Scott seemed more "Steve Jobs" than Steve Jobs himself...

 

[IJ Reilly]

No it isn't any of our business, were just expressing concern for the man

And, to be perfectly honest, concern for our portfolios. If Apple were to suddenly announce that Steve was retiring as CEO for health reasons, without a clear leadership succession already in place, then you can be sure AAPL investors would get hit hard. Very hard. Take a look at how carefully Bill Gates' exit from Microsoft is being choreographed. They're not going to roil the markets unnecessarily by having Fearless Leader be there one day and gone the next. If Apple and Steve are keeping bad news from us, that would really suck. It would be irresponsible as well.

 

[JBot]

But I've stood arms-length from the man enough times over the years to know that he's showing signs of more than just being past 50, or recovery from cancer surgery, which was over two years ago.

Name dropping. everyone look.
This is by far the worst thread i have ever seen on this forum.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Name dropping. everyone look.
This is by far the worst thread i have ever seen on this forum.

Baloney alert. You might not have noticed, but this thread is about Steve Jobs.

I've covered MacWorld for six or seven years as a freelance writer. So I'm always right there when he mingles with the VIPs in front of the stage after the keynote. I'm down there with hundreds of other journalists and photographers, trying to get a good photo of him, and also when he takes the stage to pose with the new products (a practice he discontinued in 2006).

Here is a photo I took of Steve in January 2002. He looks just the same today, right?

 

[JBot]

i personally would have been more concerned when that picture was taken. He looks out of shape there.
Congrats on being so close to the legendary steve jobs.....
did you two by chance share a breathe of air?

 

[Macmadant]

i personally would have been more concerned when that picture was taken. He looks out of shape there.
Congrats on being so close to the legendary steve jobs.....
did you two by chance share a breathe of air?

Lol, people treat him like a god, wait a minute.............. so do i

 

[MattyMac]

To me I just don't remember him being so thin

I saw him in person at the NY Fifth Avenue store grand opening and he was very thin there. Maybe he has been excersicing? Trying out the Nike+ kit before it was released.

 

[benthewraith]

Not that it's any of my business, but I will weigh in regardless.

I think Steve Jobs is ill. WWDC 2005 from what I've watched was to me to be in his prime. Steve just seemed exhausted Monday, he wasn't to his prime, and Steve easily could have bested Bertrand(?) Serlet. Steve is definitely not healthy. I hope it's just stress, but I'm afraid it may be something bad. He's too underweight, even Macworld 06 he was pretty healthy.

I hope Steve the best of luck. He's a role model to me, and why I've become so interested in Mac. We all wish Steve well, and I think everybody here is concerned for him. But I think Steve will pull through, he has done it once before.

 

[brepublican]

Personally, I find this poll-taking on Jobs' health to be in poor taste. Let the man be. He looks fine to me, as one who saw fifty some years ago.


I'm not voting.

I can't believe people are actually voting

 

[IJ Reilly]

i personally would have been more concerned when that picture was taken. He looks out of shape there.
Congrats on being so close to the legendary steve jobs.....
did you two by chance share a breathe of air?

This is Steve before the cancer. You may think he looks "out of shape," but in those days he obviously had a lot more energy and he never looked overweight to me. Now he just looks thin, and thin is not the same thing as being in shape. If you've had cancer, one of the metrics the doctors will use to monitor your condition is body weight. They're more optimistic when you're maintaining your weight. They get concerned when you aren't.

I didn't have to worry about breathing too much of Steve's air at this press event. He's got a handler, a rather imposing woman, who keeps rabble like me from getting too close. When I took this photo, he was giving a semi-private audience to Walt Mossberg of the New York Times. I managed to get a few good shots before Big Lady came over and eased me away.

 

[crap freakboy]

Right... this is my impression of Steves physical appearance and all it implies.
I haven't read all the replies in this thread so forgive me if someones posted something similar.
Over the last decade I've seen several friends relatives and my own relatives go through swift physical transformations, some within a few months. Most have been a precursor to a physical illness of a serious nature (3 of the 5), whilst the others of sign of mental problems. Im afraid to say in my limited experience I'd go for the former. Watching the keynote I couldn't help constantly being shocked how unwell he looked. Saying that though, someone close to him could have died and that can put tremendous stress on a person. Although I hate to say it looks more serious than that to me. I hope, whatever it is is treated as soon as possible for his sake and his family.