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Steve Jobs riding a 1966 BMW Motorcycle
- Gibbon 17y ago"Jobs is quoted as wishing that the Apple computer becomes the “Volkswagen of the Industry." I live next door to an independent Apple dealer and I'd say about 90% drive Volvos.
- vaksel 17y agoi think it meant that VW of the industry = the people's PC for everyone to own. Which isn't the case....Apple is more of a higher end market....so it's mot like the BMW of PCs.
- gamache 17y agoAt the time, Apple was pushing the Apple II, which was a lot more like a VW than today's Macintosh is (or yesterday's Mac was, for that matter). The vintage BMW R-series, as Jobs is riding, is actually pretty similar to the Apple II: very hackable, designed for the hobbyist, reasonably priced and quite extensible. I wonder if he did his own work, or had Woz do it. :)
- dflock 17y agoThis was back when apple made things for people who made things; sadly they now just make things for people who consume things.
- LogicHoleFlaw 17y agoI rebuilt an '88 R100RS as a project bike. It was great fun and a fantastic learning experience. Those things are amazingly hackable. Everything you could want to fiddle with is right there in the open.
- Gibbon 17y agoCome to think of it.. the first computer I ever used was an Apple II at my neighbour's house and he drove a BMW motorcycle.
- sankyo 17y agoway to "gear up" steve. no helmet, no gloves, no jacket. But I guess he didn't have to worry about so many people talking on mobile phones and texting while driving.
- mortenjorck 17y agoI think we have here the seed for a geek version of The Impossible Cool. (http://theimpossiblecool.tumblr.com/ http://theimpossiblecool.tumblr.com/) Finding photo #2 could be a little taxing, though.
- cglee 17y agoIs that tumblelog started by a cigarette company?