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Originally Posted by Phogg
So the surprise that Apple appeals almost exclusively to people who also fall within a very narrow and inbred social group is....
None. Jobs was a marketer, not an innovater. He identified a group of people who not only have money but turn loose of it easily and went after them.
Puff piece.
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Seems like the Apple and the Apple 2 were pretty innovative in the 70's as was the (for the times) hi-res screen on the early Mac allowing video editing/typesetting capabilities. Then the whole icon thing started with Apple AFAIK and even the ipod was reasonably innovative.
Sure they market, but there was a lot of hands on soldering involved before the first Apple was launched.
I do not currently own an Apple product but I strongly feel that Steve Jobs made significant contributions to todays technology other than marketing.
Helen