My father and grandfather are printers. I grew up in a world of big presses, chemicals, paper and photo developing. That indstry slowly changed to one that was driven by computerised machines that took away the need for large numbers of specialists and machine minders. It wasn't always easy or accepted. But today in the middle of every print/repro shop is a fleet of Macs. I am probably the earliest generation who cannot remember a time when there wasn't a computer at home. It was always an Apple Mac. I like Ray have just about everything I can from them. I have a mac mini as an ent server conected to my TV, a 27" iMac, I've had every generation of classic ipod right from the start (they're all in storage. No way I'm getting rid of them!), the first iPhone, a MacBook air, iPad and iPad2. But why? I love Apple's products because of three simple words that Steve Jobs used and that I associate with every one of these products: It just works. RIP Steven Paul Jobs (February 24th 1955 - October 5, 2011) Morte magis metuenda senectus
From: Raymond E. Feist <[email protected]> To: feistfans-l <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 6 October 2011, 3:07 Subject: Steve Jobs I'm a Mac head, and writing this on a PowerMac QuadCore that has many times more power than what NASA used to put men on the moon. I've got an iPhone 4. I've got an iPad. I've used mostly Apple computers since the days of the Apple ][e and the Mac SE. Steve Jobs was more than merely a really smart guy who invented stuff. There are lots of very smart men and women in many fields. Jobs never won the Nobel Prize, right. Or a McArthur Grant. Genius is a word often tossed around. But Jobs didn't cure cancer. He didn't bring an end to international violence. He didn't end hunger in the world. Let me tell you what he did. He changed how we see our world, interact with it, and did it in a way we take for granted. When you flip on the lights, do you think of Edison? When you pick up the phone, do you think of Bell. When you flip on the radio, do you think of Marconi? When you go for a drive, do you think of Ford? When you turn on your computer, do you think of Steve Jobs? No, but that's who he was. Best, R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
