Steve Jobs on Personal Computers
Jobs consistently described personal computers as tools that put computing power into individual hands, not toys or mini mainframes. He said they should be simpler, affordable, and useful in homes, businesses, and education, and he kept returning to the idea that they amplify human ability and free people from drudgery.
“What we think the personal computer industry is about is the invention of the fractional horsepower computer”
“This is a 21st century bicycle that amplifies a certain intellectual ability that man has.”
“A computer has always been a bicycle of the mind”
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