Did you read the article at all? Switching power supplies were common and extremely well-known in industry at the time, and had been used for mini-computers for

Did you read the article at all? Switching power supplies were common and extremely well-known in industry at the time, and had been used for mini-computers for years. There was nothing truly "revolutionary" about the Apple II's power supply and it's design was not substantially copied by other micro-computer power supplies. None of Jobs' claims are backed by even the slightest shred of evidence.