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October 6, 2011
This morning whilst working on one of Apple's superb computers--a Mac Pro with its big cinema screen--- I heard the news that Steve Jobs, the man behind these well designed products, had died.
A tribute, made from the parts of a MacBook Pro.
Mint Foundry, A tribute, made from the parts of a MacBook Pro.
Jobs was a quintessential Silicon Valley hero, following on from HP's Bill Hewlett and David Packard and preceding Google's Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
I switched back to Macintosh computers around 2005 for two reasons. Firstly, I became sick of the incessant interruptions on the Windows PC - the endless updates of both the OS and antivirus software. The constant crashes. The viruses. The regular need to wipe the whole OS clean and start again. Secondly, Apple machines were seen as the 'professional's choice' in the graphics industry in that they deemed to be reliable and do the job.
So the decision was easy, in spite of the cost.
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I owned one of the first Apple Macintoshs