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> The idea of "personal digital media" was born. This was Steve's vision, and why he put together the iMac DV, with Firewire and iMovie. We called it the Digita
by leoc 14y ago
> The idea of "personal digital media" was born. This was Steve's vision, and why he put together the iMac DV, with Firewire and iMovie. We called it the Digital Hub strategy internally, to encourage you to put lots of personal digital media on your home computer.
Here is Jobs presenting the Digital Hub concept at Macworld 2001: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9046oXrm7f8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9046oXrm7f8 (See also http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2006/10/71956?currentPage=3 http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2006/1... ) You can also see how the Digital Hub idea evidently influenced the layout of the Apple Store http://lowendmac.com/orchard/08th/roots-of-the-apple-store.h.. http://lowendmac.com/orchard/08th/roots-of-the-apple-store.h.... : the stands devoted to a particular kind of task, with appropriate gadgets attached to a Mac.