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Even if Woz had found support to build a microcomputer within HP, it almost inevitably would have been watered down or corrupted as some sort of 'design by comm
by goatforce5 13y ago
Even if Woz had found support to build a microcomputer within HP, it almost inevitably would have been watered down or corrupted as some sort of 'design by committee' took over. Sacrifices made to meet budgetary or time constraints, etc. The purity of his vision would have been lost, and the Apple I wouldn't have been an Apple I.
- Goronmon 13y agoThe purity of his vision would have been lost, and the Apple I wouldn't have been an Apple I. Maybe it would have been better?
- jasonwocky 13y agoBetter for whom? HP was an organization designed to make money in a certain way at the time, from certain kinds of customers, and most likely the Apple I's design would have been influenced by that business model (to its detriment, revolution-wise).
- kamaal 13y agoApple I was hardly designed by Steve Jobs. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_I http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_I : "They were designed and hand-built by Steve Wozniak" And From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II : "designed primarily by Steve Wozniak" Steve Jobs isn't even in the picture here. Yes he might have sold them. But that makes him a good salesman, not the one who started "The revolution".