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abeato6 · Oct 28, 2007, 01:59 PM

I was wondering... does he have a fully modded MacPro?... does he have Leopard?.. what do uthink?

Nodnarb · Oct 28, 2007, 02:03 PM

Just a wild guess...but for his personal use I'd bet a macbook pro and a mac pro around the house...probably an iMac for the wife...Apple TV, iPhone... yes, I'd guess he's using leopard

paul w · Oct 28, 2007, 02:03 PM

does he have leopard...lol...

He has the secret 13" mac tablet that runs os XI...

abeato6 · Oct 28, 2007, 02:06 PM

lol that's funny paul..

but hey.. do u think that HIS Leopard has the same problems as the people that bought it?

imitchellg5 · Oct 28, 2007, 03:41 PM

No, he's using a Power Mac G3 Beige with OS 9.2.

abeato6 · Oct 28, 2007, 04:29 PM

what a nice sense of humor u have...

HackManDan · Oct 28, 2007, 04:32 PM

Well, according to Steve Jobs' Secret Diary he has a MacBook Pro.

So I got the Leopard update. Put it on my MacBook Pro and got the dead screen that everybody is talking about.

mduell · Oct 28, 2007, 04:33 PM

I'd expect an exec to have a pretty boring computer... something stable and reliable. So a Mac Pro and MBP sounds about right. Nothing beta or in development. I wouldn't be surprised if his desktop runs Tiger because he hasn't gotten around to upgrading.

pinenuts · Oct 28, 2007, 04:53 PM

A MAcintOSh.

ghporter · Oct 28, 2007, 05:33 PM

All of 'em, I guess.

Mithras · Oct 28, 2007, 05:49 PM

I bet he still runs a ThinkPad.

Buckaroo · Oct 28, 2007, 09:54 PM

I thought I read a quote from hin where he said he runs whatever computer equipment they furnish him, and it's not always the biggest and best. The reason I say this is, I thought I recall someone asking him if he had a 30" back when they were first introduced at . . . what was it $7k? . . . anyhow, I think he responded "no".

ort888 · Oct 28, 2007, 10:05 PM

NeXTcube.

TheWOAT · Oct 28, 2007, 10:54 PM

Speak N Spell.

macfantn · Oct 29, 2007, 12:39 AM

i heard he uses a dell with win 98

Sealobo · Oct 29, 2007, 12:46 AM

he doesn't have any. he doesn't have time for a computer.

Big Mac · Oct 29, 2007, 12:48 AM

A Think Pad running OS X.

analogue SPRINKLES · Oct 29, 2007, 01:44 AM

I remember a year after he came back to Apple from next he used a Thinkpad with NextOS on it. Looked sorta bad though as it showed he had no love for the current Apple Hardware or software.

talisker · Oct 29, 2007, 04:54 AM

Originally Posted by Nodnarb

...probably an iMac for the wife...

A glass of white wine for the lady?

mrtew · Oct 29, 2007, 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by Buckaroo

... I recall someone asking him if he had a 30" back when they were first introduced at . . . what was it $7k? . . . anyhow, I think he responded "no".

Yeah he didn't have a 30" monitor... he had ten of them. (and I believe they were about $2800.

awaspaas · Oct 30, 2007, 01:59 AM

Whatever it is, he has a one-button mouse!

osiris · Oct 30, 2007, 10:22 AM

I imagine he has a powerful system, but probably not the wall of monitors we droolingly imagine.

It would be funny if he had a custom voice for speech synthesis that was his own voice.

abeato6 · Oct 30, 2007, 01:36 PM

haha yeah.. i think that he has all the little apple gadgets

a macbookpro and HIS macpro...

olePigeon · Oct 30, 2007, 03:14 PM

He has an Etch-A-Sketch, but hasn't figured out it's not a laptop.

Andrew Stephens · Oct 30, 2007, 05:07 PM

I bet he has a macbook pro.... connected to a laser gun pointing at a giant granite slab. Every morning he ties a Bill clone to it and chuckles "No Mr Gates I expect you to DIE!"

Then the ceiling of his office cracks open revealing his giant blimp which he rides around cupertino in.

olePigeon · Oct 30, 2007, 05:44 PM

Apple used to fly a pirate flag, they should do that again. Maybe put it up on Speak Like a Pirate Day, or on Darwin's birthday.

fhoubi · Oct 31, 2007, 07:03 AM

Steve was using non-Apples some years ago:

From [email protected] Sun Dec 24 07:49:08 2000
Received: by NeXT.Mailer (1.148.2)
From: Steve Jobs <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 07:36:53 -0800
To: Cabel Sasser <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Audion 2: have you had a chance to see it yet?

Cabel,

I hear that your deal with AOL fell through. Any interest in throwing in with us at Apple?

Best, Steve

"At first we thought it might have been a cruel joke. Then we noticed it was sent from someone using NeXT Mailer! (This was before Mac OS X was complete, and we figured Steve didn't particularly love Mac OS 9.)"

Panic - Extras - The True Story of Audion

apollo11 · Nov 25, 2007, 09:38 AM

Wouldn't it be ironic if he hated computers but just liked the fame and fortune that they bring?

Did some one just say "many a true word said in jest" ?

No one I can think of who is as powerful as he is seems to be weighed down by a millstone-computer. Surely he has "people" to do things for him, I would!

BRussell · Nov 25, 2007, 10:02 AM

I wonder if he has hacked his iphone.

apollo11 · Nov 25, 2007, 10:11 AM

He probably has "people " to run messages or him

ShortcutToMoncton · Nov 25, 2007, 10:23 AM

Originally Posted by Sealobo

he doesn't have any. he doesn't have time for a computer.

I'm betting this is it.

Important people don't spend time surfing the web...sorry guys.

greg

Doofy · Nov 25, 2007, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton

Important people don't spend time surfing the web.

The relationship you suggest between size of computer and importance of person would certainly explain this pic:

imitchellg5 · Nov 25, 2007, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by Doofy

The relationship you suggest between size of computer and importance of person would certainly explain this pic:

3 30" Cinemas make quite an impact on global warming.

Kevin · Nov 25, 2007, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by abeato6

lol that's funny paul..

but hey.. do u think that HIS Leopard has the same problems as the people that bought it?

Not if the people responsible for taking care of such things wants to keep their jobs..

BadKosh · Nov 25, 2007, 11:52 AM

Maybe he's to vain to buy glasses?

Kevin · Nov 25, 2007, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by BadKosh

Maybe he's to vain?

I hate the "The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 3 characters" msg error. And it's "too" not "to"

Peter · Nov 25, 2007, 01:21 PM

I know some executives at some huge companies where their PA's print emails out, and the exec handwrites a reply, and the PA then types up the email and sends it. Nuts eh?

MacosNerd · Nov 25, 2007, 03:21 PM

I'd like to think his Stevieness uses Cube, that's been moded to use an intel cpu

Most likely though I think the odds are between slim and none (and slim left town) on that.

That was one awesomely designed computer - unfortunately in a rare miss-step they missed the mark with that computer. Oh well, I have one sitting next too me, and it still works great.

kelso · Nov 25, 2007, 05:04 PM

I think he's running Windows Vista Ultimate on his MBP...

Cold Warrior · Nov 25, 2007, 05:07 PM

no physical computer at all

just some monitor displaying Leopard from netboot

JohnPlantada · Nov 25, 2007, 05:08 PM

I'm thinking he's probably testing the new "ultra-portable" to be released at macworld...

imitchellg5 · Nov 25, 2007, 06:01 PM

I'll tell you what he doesn't have: a rev.A iMac G5.

Cassifire · Nov 25, 2007, 06:11 PM

I'd guess all of them. But for personal use, I'd say a MBP.

mrtew · Nov 25, 2007, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by kelso

I think he's running Windows Vista Ultimate on his MBP...

Close... he's running XP on his iPhone.

milhouse · Nov 26, 2007, 09:53 PM

I think ol' Jobsy just shouts commands at an assistant to do his computing for him.

skacoreimplore · Nov 27, 2007, 12:30 AM

He uses a MPB and iPhone.

Chongo · Nov 27, 2007, 12:53 AM

He has one of these

JoshuaZ · Nov 27, 2007, 02:00 AM

Mac Color Classic. Gotta be.