If Steve Jobs leaves Apple completely, do you think this will be a good thing for Apple or a bad thing?
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It will be HORRIBLE.
But maybe eventually good, maybe give the company a new taste.
Plus, we're gonna have to wait for all the fanboys (me) to get used to the new CEO.
And I think this should be in the Apple, Industry, and Internet Discussion section.
It's fine, the thread just confused me before I read it because of the title and the fact it was in the Buying Tips, Advice, and Discussion section.
Steve jobs is an amazing CEO. My point is that he didn't make the iPod. Other people within apple come up with the ideas and make it what it truely is. Steve got rid a bunch of worthless people and projects at apple when he came back. This helped apple get off the ground.
A new face for apple might mean matte displays again, mid tower, maybe blue ray and a whole lot of other things Steve is againist. Steve is so againist the idea of a open computer. One of his first computers used special screws so that the consumer couldn't open it. Maybe we would see apples computers become more expanible. Ex. Two hds in an iMac
A new face for apple might mean matte displays again, mid tower, maybe blue ray and a whole lot of other things Steve is againist. Steve is so againist the idea of a open computer. One of his first computers used special screws so that the consumer couldn't open it. Maybe we would see apples computers become more expanible. Ex. Two hds in an iMac
Steve can leave right now if it means I can actually build a mac with quality, expandable hardware. 
And hackintosh's don't count because they don't work exactly how they're supposed to (sometimes in very small ways, sometimes in big deals).
And hackintosh's don't count because they don't work exactly how they're supposed to (sometimes in very small ways, sometimes in big deals).
Apple took a major nosedive last time they were w/o him. This company cannot survive w/ your average typical business CEO at the helm. It just doesn't work that way.
Apple will be fine, obviously Jobs is leaving on his own terms this time and I would believe that he has spent time making sure his company will continue on without him. Jobs did not single handily create the iPod or design the new macbooks there were other people that are in charge of those things.
As long as the new CEO keeps the same Apple mentality, focus on innovation rather than trying to grow and become like Dell or HP, they will be alright
As long as the new CEO keeps the same Apple mentality, focus on innovation rather than trying to grow and become like Dell or HP, they will be alright
Steve can leave right now if it means I can actually build a mac with quality, expandable hardware.
And hackintosh's don't count because they don't work exactly how they're supposed to (sometimes in very small ways, sometimes in big deals).
The only reason we aren't going in the PC route ( unstable OS, varying hardware quality ) is because we have a lockdown in terms of hardware. There aren't hundreds of video cards to support, Apple handpicks their own hardware. And they know the configuration of each model out there with some grey area in terms of memory, hard disk, etc. But the components that matter, Apple has firm control of. Should Jobs had thought your way, we would have PCs instead of Macs.
I agree. But now, if Jobs leaves, Apple will suffer. He is worth 30% of the entire company alone. The stock will surely take a huge nosedive.
Steve can leave right now if it means I can actually build a mac with quality, expandable hardware.
And hackintosh's don't count because they don't work exactly how they're supposed to (sometimes in very small ways, sometimes in big deals).
I think that what you want is perfectly legit for you to want. But if apple started catering for this need in a few years they will be non existent. If they try to be all things to all people they will not survive.
I suspect that when Jobs leaves there will be a temptation to do exactly that. I guess we'll have to see who takes over.
Why should that be an option?
Jobs leaves.
Whether he dies, resigns, retires gets eaten by the flying spaghetti monster
It was Jobs that hired Sculley before the last time he left.
Obviously that time he wasn't planning to leave.
It was Jobs that hired Sculley before the last time he left.
Obviously that time he wasn't planning to leave.
Choosing someone to work for you is rather different to choosing someone to run your company though.
Sculley may have been ok in the position Jobs gave him.
apple will be alright. i think they'll learn from what has gone right with steve driving the bus as well as what went wrong the last time he stepped away from the driver seat. whoever steve chooses as his successor, he'll be sure he/she shares his vision for the company.
All I care about is if we'll get a mini-tower. But I don't see that happening until Steve leaves.
You make is sound like Steve IS leaving right now. Not true.
Steve owns a boatload of Apple stock. It is in his best interest to keep the value on that high when he does step down. Expect a gradual transition over the next few years with him eventually sitting on the board symbolically. But who knows for sure when he will retire... he loves working there.
Apple is already badly on the wrong track, thinking that $1299 or even $999 is an 'entry-level laptop' or $599 is an 'entry-level desktop.'
Stripping features from the Macbook for the sake of 'marketecture' when it's priced like a no-compromises premium product is a breathtakingly arrogant move in today's economy.
I remember the bad old days of the 80's and 90's where Apple hardware was priced at a truly stupid premium and watched Apple's market share and software ecosystem dry up accordingly. Apple went through a renaissance over the last decade largely driven by the affordably-priced iMac/iBook/Mac Mini/Macbook lines that compared very well with comparably-configured PC hardware.
Unfortunately, it looks like his Steveness longs for a return to the wilderness. Hopefully things improve when he retires.
Stripping features from the Macbook for the sake of 'marketecture' when it's priced like a no-compromises premium product is a breathtakingly arrogant move in today's economy.
I remember the bad old days of the 80's and 90's where Apple hardware was priced at a truly stupid premium and watched Apple's market share and software ecosystem dry up accordingly. Apple went through a renaissance over the last decade largely driven by the affordably-priced iMac/iBook/Mac Mini/Macbook lines that compared very well with comparably-configured PC hardware.
Unfortunately, it looks like his Steveness longs for a return to the wilderness. Hopefully things improve when he retires.