Steve Jobs on Collaboration: Welcome to the NeXT World
What Jobs talks about
Steve Jobs welcomes new NeXT users to what he calls the “next world” and introduces the computer as something special. He says it has “the most advanced applications of any computer shipping today.”
His main point is that NeXT was designed from scratch as an “interpersonal computer” meant to extend personal computing into group productivity and collaboration. He frames that as the most exciting direction for desktop computing in the first half of the 1990s.
The message is brief, but it captures a clear NeXT-era vision: computers should do more than serve individuals; they should help people work together better.
Jobs speaks throughout.
In his words
“I want to welcome you to the next world.”
“We think you're going to love this computer.”
“It's got the most advanced applications of any computer shipping today.”
“It's the first computer designed from scratch to be an interpersonal computer”
“To extend personal computing into the realm of improving group productivity and collaboration”
Key points
- NeXT is presented as the “next world” for users.
- The computer is described as having the most advanced applications shipping at the time.
- Jobs says it was designed from scratch as an interpersonal computer.
- He emphasizes group productivity and collaboration as the key benefit.
- He sees collaboration as the most exciting development in desktop computing in the early 1990s.
Full transcript
Hi, this is Steve Jobs. I want to welcome you to the next world. We think you're going to love this computer. It's got the most advanced applications of any computer shipping today, and it's the first computer designed from scratch to be an interpersonal computer, to extend personal computing into the realm of improving group productivity and collaboration, which we think is going to be the most exciting thing happening in desktop computing in the first half of the 90s. So welcome to the next world, and let us know what you think of your new computer.
Transcribed from the audio with OpenAI Whisper. Timestamps link to the video above. Errors are possible.