Steve Wozniak back at Apple

[MacHamster68]

Yes you might be right , but it was always a good idea even for the best to look over the fence , so being a bit open minded for other ideas does not harm .
For example thunderbold , as brilliant it might be , but peripherals if they exist even are expensive , but USB 3.0 has its advantages too, so does eSata , i dont mean replacing thunderbold with usb 3.0 or eSata , but having them installed alongside could not have harmed any Apple product , or would you say "no i dont buy that Mac, because it has a usb 3.0 port and a eSata port on the back next to the thunderbold port "
after all USB 3.0 is fully backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 for a start , without the need of adapters like on thunderbold.
So being more open is to give the user the choice what he wants to use after all Apple gone as far as offering the option to install windows via bootcamp , so offering all things of the PC world too is only the next step , as its one thing that still holds many back from getting a Mac .

My landlord said it that way .." why do you buy Mac's they are just rubbish , everything is proprietary"
ok i know that's not quiet reality , but many out there still think that way as they only see the iMac and the mini with no options really , not even PCI options in there .
Ok that's MacPro territory, but for most the MacPro starting at £2000 is a bit to expensive just to get the options that even a £400 PC offers

 

[rdowns]

I can't think of a more perfect person to be the public face of Apple.

 

[ct2k7]

He declined to comment when I asked him if he could return to Apple.

Heh, he even signed my badge

20th Oct 2011.

 

[maflynn]

I can't think of a more perfect person to be the public face of Apple.


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I think one his attributes is that he enjoys great engineering, it doesn't matter where it comes from. If its something that tickles his fancy then he's going to jump in with it. I think some of the android devices have piqued his interest.

 

[vvswarup]

its not about money really , its all about choice and OSX and Apple dictates what hardware i have to use , i can only choose between unupgradeable consumer Mac's (Mac Mini , iMac) and MacPro , all only come with intel inside like there would be absolute no other cpu manufacturers in that world

I fail to see how Apple is "dictating" anything to you. They're not forcing you to buy a Mac.

 

[Tilpots]

I can't think of a more perfect person to be the public face of Apple.


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Steve could destroy Android. It looks like he's already eaten quite a few Ice Cream Sandwiches.



Sorry Woz.

 

[vvswarup]

Woz is a fan of open stuff , under him OSX would become multi platform (means would run on any hardware out there )
The days when Apple did only make money with selling computers are gone anyway , they make more money with selling iphones and ipads , and itunes and apps anyway.
So making OSX multi platform like LINUX would be something that should have been done a half decade ago with the transition .
I explain why , you want to try out OSX , you got at the moment only 3 choices :
1. either to spend the money on a brandnew Mac (the safest way as you can return it within 7 days and get the money back or get it repaird for free or exchanged under warranty )

2. a used intel iMac (not always a great idea as some break down ,mainly gpu ,psu display problems a day after you bought them , high resale value brings lots of scammers who want to sell their 4 year old half dead unsupported under Lion Mac's (all the core duo's)for more then 50% of the NEW price today

3. a hackintosh (self building with all those drawbacks if you chose the wrong parts)

so finally getting a 4th option and buying OSX say for £50 or $50 , (you still get it for free on your Mac ) to run on a HP , Dell or ASUS or lenovo or whatever PC people have at home would be great , and maybe one day those will buy a NEW Mac for its design , as thats essentially (hardware) the only difference between a ... PC and a Mac , but even if not ,Microsoft and Linux would get real competition , as at the moment OSX is everything but a competition for Microsoft or Linux , because it runs only on Mac's or some hackintoshes, so nothing to fear from OSX , and then there comes Android , as Android hits already the netbook market so the first desktop running Android is not to far away in the future in fact you can already install it on a x86 based PC . and there are already All in one Pc's running Android http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PecyisPGzGc and netbooks or ultra portables http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpL-ZQf-tRc&feature=relmfu and even desktops http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gfs5ujSw1Q&feature=relmfu
and thats all you need for what most do on their computers , surfing ,emailing ,watching 1080p videos and play some little games


And i think OSX does not deserve to stand in the shadow of Windows, Linux,and soon Android and i think Woz could give OSX the place in the computer world it deserves

It has to be either Apple and no one else making Mac OS X computers or it has to be everybody else but Apple. Microsoft develops only Windows. They have no role in hardware.

If Apple were to produce Mac OS X and make the Mac hardware, competitors could really squeeze their margins.

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i know, but i running mine sucessfully since 10 years ..means i can live from it and thats all that counts for me , i never had the intention to make big profit , i do it just to cover the cost of daily living and for the fun . So if i can avoid spending money i will , means i need the product that does the job , and i dont care how old it is or how outdated for others , if it does the job and is cheap then fine , i would spend more if i would see sence in it
For OSX it means i would like to see it available for all plattforms , i mean Microsoft is creating a little profit from selling their operating system too as far as i know .
Apple did not well with selling operating systems in the past has a reason , they did not well because their OS did run only on certain hardware like today .
and i believe the only who would change that is Woz

Having said that as its proven by some hackintoshers that OSX can run on AMD processor based platforms it makes me think back ..Officially OSX was originally made for PPC so Apple said and nobody did expect anything else , but they secretly made it from the start to run on intel .So i believe OSX is secretly made from the beginning 10.0 to run on AMD processors too

Did you know that Microsoft's margins are way higher than Apple's margins? So no, Microsoft is not making a "little profit" from selling their operating system. They're making money hand over fist.

 

[johnhw]

I thought Tim was un-motivated at the keynote, but then after all the news came out, I was wondering if he knew Steve was on his deathbed at the time of the keynote since it happened the day before his death? Maybe he just could not get enthusiastic because of that.

Steve even got an iPhone 4S and spoke to Siri (If you have watched the Steve Jobs Memorial Event then you'll know this) "Are you a man or a woman" and Siri replied "They haven't assigned a gender sir."