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1. A Reflection on Steve Jobs and the Apple IIe
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The Apple IIe (Image via Wikipedia)
So I did a little thinking after hearing about Steve Jobs' passing, and came to the realization that I
have never owned a single Apple product in my life. I don't mean to say that as hipster braggadocio.
It's just a simple fact. Steve Jobs, Apple, and his legions of customers have a different design
philosophy and design aesthetic. Jobs was all about everything being sleek and seamless, like the
Enterprise-D. Something that "just works" and looks beautiful doing it. Personally, I like to tinker
with my electronics to push their capabilities, and prefer an aesthetic more like
the Millennium Falcon. To paraphrase Han Solo, the stuff I like may not look like much, but
they've got it where it counts.
That said, if it weren't for Steve Jobs and the Apple IIe, I may never have gotten to that point. To be
sure, most of the electronics design in the Apple IIe was probably Steve Wozniak's, but even this
early you can see Jobs' influence on the design. As many pieces as possible are integrated. It might
have been a "beige box" of a type that Jobs detested later, but at that time it made it seem more like
an appliance than a computer. Something much more approachable and less intimidating.
The broadband provider might have given you a big discount for the very first few months, which
you discover to be rewarding. The security bundle will likewise safeguard you against anti-spyware
software (harmful software that can be downloaded when checking out some sites - it will decrease
your connection). All this makes it extremely simple for criminal hackers to dedicate identity theft. If
you seem to obtain stuck, then it is constantly best to contact your bank and discuss your security
worried about them. The OS is nothing however variation 11 web browsers. While most mail boxes
have some kind of spam filtering software application built up into their system, they never ever
appear to do a great task of catching what you desire them to catch, and letting through what you
want them to let through.

2. Like a lot of people my age, the first computer I ever used was an Apple IIe, back in elementary
school, which was full of them. I fell in love with it. Â I played hours upon hours of school friendly
software in the form of The Oregon Trail and the Carmen Sandiego series. One of my teachers was
nice enough to bring Zork one day, combining my passion for reading and computers in one
wonderful adventure. Sure it didn't have graphics, but I didn't care. I got lost in it.
But what really kindled my heart on the Apple IIe was programming. Good old BASIC and Logo. It
was in learning how to program that Apple IIe that I realized that I can make the computer do what I
want. If I planned it properly and put the right code in, my vision would come to life. For a kid who
was only six years old, it was akin to learning that you're really a wizard and can do magic. I loved
making programs. Loved seeing what I could make the computer do.
It wasn't too long after that that we got our first PC at home, and I'll freely admit it didn't take me
long to being preferring the more robust, easy-to-tinker with aspects of the PC over the Apple. But
without the ease of use of that Apple IIe, without being able to sit down and instantly do what I
wanted, I don't know that I would have been able to dive into the PC as fast as I did. I don't know
that I would have fallen in love with computers and the possibilities of technology as fast as I did,
making the turtle in Logo make a perfect spiral.
So while I may not be an Apple customer at the moment, I have to say that looking back that it was
Apple that got me hooked on computers. Apple that got me hooked on technology. Apple that got me
thinking about making that technology do what I want. And the design philosophy that made that
possible came in large part from Steve Jobs.
So, Mr. Jobs, Requiescat in pace. Thank you for introducing me to those possibilities I may otherwise
not have seen.
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