Author Topic: Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple (Read 16716 times)

Oblivion · « **on:** August 24, 2011, 08:18:16 PM »

http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/24/steve-jobs-resigns-as-ceo-of-apple/

Tim Cook named successor; Jobs stays as Chairman to the Board.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #1 on:** August 24, 2011, 08:35:25 PM »

That liver stealing limousine-hippy.

Morari · « **Reply #2 on:** August 24, 2011, 08:36:09 PM »

Are turtlenecks now out of style too? And what will become of Apple's reality distortion field? Can they keep selling junk hardware at a premium without the great Prophet Jobs?

Oblivion · « **Reply #3 on:** August 24, 2011, 08:36:52 PM »

"Apple corporation joins millions of recession-era Americans suddenly finding themselves without Jobs."
XD

Shaymin · « **Reply #4 on:** August 24, 2011, 08:37:13 PM »

iMac
iPod
iPhone
iPad
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ThePerm · « **Reply #5 on:** August 24, 2011, 08:44:21 PM »

Its really funny, that in recent weeks they have been the biggest corporation, but before Jobs returned to the company the talk was how everyone thought the company would go out of business.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #6 on:** August 24, 2011, 10:18:58 PM »

He's scared of the Droid Bionic and Droid HD...and he has terminal cancer or something too.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #7 on:** August 25, 2011, 05:02:56 PM »

No one can truly replace Steve Jobs; I don't know that anyone's ever been so good at so many aspects of running a major company. Even if you don't like him or Apple, you have to respect what he was able to do with the company, going from the verge of bankruptcy to (by some measures) the most valuable company on the planet. He was a great visionary and a great salesman.

That said, he wasn't the only person doing great things at the company. He put a great group of people in place at Apple, and they'll do a good job of running it. Tim Cook isn't Steve Jobs, but he's a fine CEO in his own right. Some are saying this is the end of Apple, but most of them have been saying that on a regular basis for a while. It wasn't true then, and it's not true now.

Stogi · « **Reply #8 on:** August 25, 2011, 05:22:23 PM »

I'm mostly wondering if Apple can continue to innovate. Like, what was Jobs's next ground-breaking product?

Ceric · « **Reply #9 on:** August 25, 2011, 05:23:38 PM »

Quote from: The Unagi on August 25, 2011, 05:22:23 PM

I'm mostly wondering if Apple can continue to innovate. Like, what was Jobs's next ground-breaking product?

I wouldn't say they have really been innovating for a while now. Iterating maybe.

Oblivion · « **Reply #10 on:** August 25, 2011, 05:30:50 PM »

Hm...let's see. First the computer, then the music player, then the phone, then the tablet computer. Next: an actual Apple HDTV? Or perhaps an Apple alarm clock? Or Apple Fridge? Or an Apple apple?

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #11 on:** August 25, 2011, 05:45:57 PM »

An Apple HDTV has been rumored for a while, but I think the closest they'll come to that is the HDMI-in port on the 30" iMac. And Ceric, you don't think the iPad was innovative? You may not like it personally, but Apple essentially created a new market out of nothing.

Jobs stepped down as CEO, but he was then immediately voted in as Chairman of the Board of Directors, so at least for the time being he is still involved in high-level decision making at the company.

King of Twitch · « **Reply #12 on:** August 25, 2011, 05:58:15 PM »

Quote from: Oblivion on August 25, 2011, 05:30:50 PM

Hm...let's see. First the computer, then the music player, then the phone, then the tablet computer. Next: an actual Apple HDTV? Or perhaps an Apple alarm clock? Or Apple Fridge? Or an Apple apple?

How about a refrigerator that doesn't let you carry your food to other people's refrigerators

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UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #13 on:** August 25, 2011, 06:17:14 PM »

Quote from: The Unagi on August 25, 2011, 05:22:23 PM

I'm mostly wondering if Apple can continue to innovate. Like, what was Jobs's next ground-breaking product?

Pippin 3D

Morari · « **Reply #14 on:** August 25, 2011, 06:54:52 PM »

Quote from: NWR_insanolord on August 25, 2011, 05:45:57 PM

And Ceric, you don't think the iPad was innovative?

Tablets had been around in some form or another for years prior to the iPad. Prior products not withstanding, the actual idea has been floating about since 2001: A Space Odyssey and Star Trek: The Next Generation. All Apples did was "simplify" it and make it shiny, while giving all the iPhone fanboys a semi-familiar interface.

The only thing Apple has ever proven it can do well is marketing.

Oblivion · « **Reply #15 on:** August 25, 2011, 06:58:39 PM »

If I remember correctly, the only people who found Tablets useful before the iPad were digital artists.

Morari · « **Reply #16 on:** August 25, 2011, 07:02:28 PM »

It could be argued that not many people find tablets all that useful now either.

I've never known any artists to use a tablet PC. Of course, there have been Wacom-type pads and such... but that's not quite the same. That said, tablets were always very popular with doctors. There are a few offices just around here that have been using tablet for years to do everything from bringing up patient history, to filling out prescriptions. I suppose it makes it easier on the doctor to be able to carry all the needed info around like that.

TJ Spyke · « **Reply #17 on:** August 25, 2011, 07:02:59 PM »

Quote from: Morari on August 25, 2011, 06:54:52 PM

the actual idea has been floating about since 2001: A Space Odyssey

Samsung is even using this in their lawsuit defense against Apple in Europe. Apple claims Samsung copied the iPad design with the Tab 10.1, but Samsung says Apple didn't come up with the design because they got the look from that movie.

Morari · « **Reply #18 on:** August 25, 2011, 07:04:09 PM »

That's pretty funny, actually! XD

2001 is a great film (and book). Kubrick really outdid himself on that one.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #19 on:** August 25, 2011, 08:58:26 PM »

You don't have to do something first to innovate. Apple was the first to do it well, and the first to do it successfully. Apple makes great products that do have some limitations, which will bother some people more than others.

If you really want to tweak hardware or get hardcore into PC gaming, as I'm sure you do Morari, Macs are never going to appeal to you. As someone who doesn't care about hardware customization beyond the hard drive and RAM that I've already upgraded on my MacBook Pro, and games primarily on consoles, they're great for me. Different things are good for different people, and for most it will boil down to personal preference.

I've long since given up on evangelizing, and I understand and respect that different platforms are going to appeal to different people. I ask that you do the same.

Also, they're both great, but Arthur C. Clarke's novel of 2001 > Kubrick's movie.

Oblivion · « **Reply #20 on:** August 25, 2011, 09:12:22 PM »

Also, if you're into web design and movie making, Apple computers are indispensable.

Ceric · « **Reply #21 on:** August 25, 2011, 09:16:58 PM »

Quote from: NWR_insanolord on August 25, 2011, 05:45:57 PM

An Apple HDTV has been rumored for a while, but I think the closest they'll come to that is the HDMI-in port on the 30" iMac. And Ceric, you don't think the iPad was innovative? You may not like it personally, but Apple essentially created a new market out of nothing.

Jobs stepped down as CEO, but he was then immediately voted in as Chairman of the Board of Directors, so at least for the time being he is still involved in high-level decision making at the company.

I do not find the iPad innovated. I find it to be the next logical step from the iPod/iPhone

That style of tablet computer has been around for a while. It essentially is a bigger iPod/iPhone. I think it was finally the right time in the market for this and I think that Apple marketed it well and capitalized on there momentum well but, I do not think its innovative.

Do I think the iPhone was innovative? Yes, simply because of the App Store mostly.

Macbook Air, I think was a triumph and was innovative at the time.
Superdisk, yes.

I think Thunderbolt has the potential.

The iPad I do not. The most innovative thing for the iPad in my mind is the cover for the new one that is slick.

I own a Mac. Have no problem using them.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #22 on:** August 25, 2011, 09:19:32 PM »

This whole thing reminds me of like seven years ago, when I was on the GameFAQs DS board and there were constant arguments about whether the DS was innovative. That's not a compliment to this thread.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #23 on:** August 25, 2011, 09:26:22 PM »

The iPad is hardly innovative, by all accounts and measures, it is just a giant iPod Touch/iPhine without a dedicated phone. You can say they innovated with the iPod Touch/iPhone, but the iPad is just an extension of those things. It doesn't do anything thst can't be done on either if the other devices. Most if the stuff that Apple does with their iproducts is just a giant compliation of technologies and services that have existed for years on other products made by other manufacturers, they just take the ideas that they want and package them together. Tablets have been around for years, Hell, Android tablets have been around much longer than the iPad. Video chat has been on cell phones for many years before they out a front camera on the iPhone. Touch screen phones have been available for years, Apple just dumbed them down, which I will admit, was innovative. Touch screennohones were not very mainstream until there was an app to make fart noises and make boobs look bigger.

Ceric · « **Reply #24 on:** August 25, 2011, 09:36:03 PM »

The DS with its dual screens and touch capability I can easily argue as innovative but, the 3DS, I may really like it but I would have to say its iterative.

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