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> Jobs was in the business of selling computers that looked (and worked) good to people who would otherwise hate computers. Dealing with geeks was always (and s
by BearOso 3y ago
> Jobs was in the business of selling computers that looked (and worked) good to people who would otherwise hate computers. Dealing with geeks was always (and still is) a necessary evil, so he'd have enough of an ecosystem to sell to "normies".
NeXT contradicts that.
Though, I like how you mention he always wanted to be a "better Sony." That's definitely on point.
- jprival 3y agoSurely Apple recognizes “*nix-sphere web software developers who want a nice laptop” as one of their target professional markets in the OSX era, too. That’s sold a hell of a lot of MacBooks. It’s developers of software for their own platforms that Apple has long had a tense relationship with. The original iMac hardware specs were also pretty reasonable for when it came out, no?