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I wouldn't be so sure. Jobs was notorious for taking public, absolutist positions and later changing his mind. (cf < 10 inch tablets, Intel chips, etc)

devcpp 14y ago
That's not "political pressure", is it?
- danilocampos 14y ago
  I don't think President Bush asked him to switch to Intel, no.
jonny_eh 14y ago
Jobs changed his minds on tablet sizes? I thought he went to his death thinking they nailed it with the original iPad size.
- mdanger 14y ago
  I was able to find this with a little Googling (no idea on the truthfulness of the article), but I could swear there was another article listing the iPad Mini as one of the last products he worked on: http://www.slashgear.com/steve-jobs-secretly-very-receptive-to-ipad-mini-06241823/ http://www.slashgear.com/steve-jobs-secretly-very-receptive-...
  - CrazedGeek 14y ago
    You might be confusing the iPad Mini with the iPhone 5: http://www.channel4.com/news/apple-co-founder-steve-jobs-last-product-launched-today http://www.channel4.com/news/apple-co-founder-steve-jobs-las...
- ok_craig 14y ago
  Eddy Cue: "I believe there will be a seven-inch market and we should do one." "I expressed this to Steve several times since Thanksgiving and he seemed very receptive the last time."
- abc_lisper 14y ago
  That he wasn't able to, coz he passed away, but the point stands. Jobs is famous for things like that. I remember clearly when he said there is no way anyone could make a computer that is less than 1000 bucks(when the rumor is ripe with upcoming ipad) and 6 months later releases the ipad for 500.
  - alsocasey 14y ago
    That statement would have been truly outlandish considering non-Apple laptops' were going for 400-600$ fairly routinely by that point.
    - hkmurakami 14y ago
      His "counterargument" probably would have been something like, "you call those %$$#^&'s computers!?"
    - abc_lisper 14y ago
      sorry i forgot to mention that he said there is no way anyone can make a computer that is not shit for less than 1000 bucks.
  - flyinRyan 14y ago
    That's a horrible example. Jobs didn't consider the iPad a computer but an an appliance.

devcpp 14y ago

That's not "political pressure", is it?

danilocampos 14y ago
I don't think President Bush asked him to switch to Intel, no.

jonny_eh 14y ago

Jobs changed his minds on tablet sizes? I thought he went to his death thinking they nailed it with the original iPad size.

mdanger 14y ago
I was able to find this with a little Googling (no idea on the truthfulness of the article), but I could swear there was another article listing the iPad Mini as one of the last products he worked on: http://www.slashgear.com/steve-jobs-secretly-very-receptive-to-ipad-mini-06241823/ http://www.slashgear.com/steve-jobs-secretly-very-receptive-...
- CrazedGeek 14y ago
  You might be confusing the iPad Mini with the iPhone 5: http://www.channel4.com/news/apple-co-founder-steve-jobs-last-product-launched-today http://www.channel4.com/news/apple-co-founder-steve-jobs-las...
ok_craig 14y ago
Eddy Cue: "I believe there will be a seven-inch market and we should do one." "I expressed this to Steve several times since Thanksgiving and he seemed very receptive the last time."
abc_lisper 14y ago
That he wasn't able to, coz he passed away, but the point stands. Jobs is famous for things like that. I remember clearly when he said there is no way anyone could make a computer that is less than 1000 bucks(when the rumor is ripe with upcoming ipad) and 6 months later releases the ipad for 500.
- alsocasey 14y ago
  That statement would have been truly outlandish considering non-Apple laptops' were going for 400-600$ fairly routinely by that point.
  - hkmurakami 14y ago
    His "counterargument" probably would have been something like, "you call those %$$#^&'s computers!?"
  - abc_lisper 14y ago
    sorry i forgot to mention that he said there is no way anyone can make a computer that is not shit for less than 1000 bucks.
- flyinRyan 14y ago
  That's a horrible example. Jobs didn't consider the iPad a computer but an an appliance.