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Let's turn down the hyperbole. Jobs still marketed the company, even if Woz was the technical genius. Selling your product is just as essential as having a pr

• wsc981 14y ago
  While Wozniak was the technical wizard at Apple, I don't think he had a real vision for Apple's products. Jobs had the vision of what Apple products had to be about: - hardware internals: http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=PC_Board_Esthetics.txt&topic=Hardware%20Design&sortOrder=Sort%20by%20Date&detail=medium http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story... - hardware externals: http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=More_Like_A_Porsche.txt&topic=Industrial%20Design&sortOrder=Sort%20by%20Date&detail=medium http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story... - user interface: http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Round_Rects_Are_Everywhere.txt&topic=Software%20Design&sortOrder=Sort%20by%20Date&detail=medium http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story... I believe if only Woz was Apple, it likely would have been an hardware manufacturer like so many back in those days. Steve made Apple unique.
• lutze 14y ago
  In the context of the question being asked, I think a little indignation is entirely in order. Has Woz ever shown any expertise in design? I mean really, it's like asking if Michelangelo knew his way around a fucking paint brush.
  • larrys 14y ago
    You are talking about hardware and/or engineering design. Important for sure but only one part of "design" and of a product having success in the marketplace. Without that appeal all the engineering genius in the world means nothing (and vice versa of course..)