Steve Jobs: Founder Of The Macintosh Computer

Steve Jobs founder of Apple and Pixar was an iconic leader who invented the Macintosh computer, a PC for the masses. He went on to create the music players and mobile phones that everyone loved, and his tiny cellphones were packed with so much processing power, they operated like miniature Macs. With a foray into computer animations with Pixar, he developed Toy Story, such a high quality movie that industry-leader Disney snapped up the company. Jobs’ final innovation was the iPad, tablet computer to displace the PC. Jobs wanted a tool to expand the brain’s processing power with all the world’s information available on a small screen. He wasn’t afraid to cannibalize his own products.

His inventions were disruptive to the retail and media industries,

Simplify

Jobs’ aspirations for Zen simplicity shined through when he eliminated the on/off button on the iPod. The music player gradually powered down and turned off, and then it flashed on again with just a swipe. Jobs had to write complex software and push the limits of processing power to handle all the instructions that made the user interface seem simple.

Jobs excelled at designing minimalist devices that broke barriers in computer speeds. His systems could stand alone or work together in an interconnected ecosystem—like an iPod connected to a Mac connected to an iTunes store. Apple could manage vast amounts of information through division of labor among the systems. For example, the Mac controlled system administration while iTunes fetched content from cloud storage, freeing the device to concentrate on playing the music.

Later, Jobs set his sights on redesigning the mobile phone. He would grab a competitor’s phone and rant the functions were incomprehensible and the address book was indecipherable. His iPhone set a new standard for smartphones, making them into miniaturized computers. The iPhone’s small touch screen was the test case for the iPad, Apple’s tablet computer, and proved there was a big market for teeny mobile computers. At the end of his career, Jobs rethought TVs with a new navigation system to access any video content on the web. He dreamed up ways to make television more