I and my wife have owned:
PowerBook 520 b/w
iMac grape
iBook white
MacBook black (in use)
4 iPods (3 in use)
1 iPod Nano
1 iPod Mini (in use)
1 iPod Touch (in use)
2 iPhones (in use)
Big influence on my work and home life since 1988
Link: Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs has passed away
Whatever your thoughts and feelings about Apple, it’s products, and it’s co-founder, this is a sad day.
Thoughts and prayers to Steve’s family. Rest in peace Steve. Your products have revolutionized the way we use technology and you will be remembered well for it. 
Yes, we heard about this a few hours ago. Please search first.
Merged JayRx1981’s thread into the older one (on top of a previous merge).
A three year old iPod and iTunes purchases are the extent of my Apple patronage and I know nothing biographical of him other than what was in the movie Pirates of Silicon Valley (which wasn’t a flattering portrait of him to put it mildly but I’ve no idea how accurate or authentic a depiction that was) but I can appreciate the magnitude of the loss nonetheless. I felt similar when Michael Jackson died- I never bought any of his music or even downloaded any from Napster or free sites, but through osmosis you knew the Earth should tremble and storms should swallow a couple of small cities.
The world is a little less fun this morning. We shall never see his like again.
I was one of a whole shitload of Boy Scouts who got a free really nice Apple ][C sized grey soft briefcase back in 1984 just because.
He helped make Pixar happen.
I was out to dinner when my husband showed me the apple homepage on his phone. Just a photo of Steve and the years of his birth and death. Hit me kind of hard, even though I rather despise Apple.
What a loss 
I’ve been an Apple fan all the way back to the IIe and IIc, I’m an Apple Authorized tech, and even though I’m more of a Woz fan, I’m saddened by this loss
to put it in the words of another dearly departed and deeply missed Mac fan…
“So long, Steve, and Thanks for all the iFish…”
I think I’ll shut down my G4 tower and iPhone 4 for the rest of the evening as a silent tribute to an Insanely Great man, his Reality Distortion Field may fade, but his memory will live on in the products he loved so much
iGrieve.
I never owned an Apple product until my iPhone. I’m still a Windows user, but I appreciated Steve’s vision. He brought personal computing into everybody’s reach. And the iPod became even bigger than the Walkman. Pixar’s movies have been an incredible amount of fun, too. He changed the world so much in his short life.
I was quite surprised this morning at how sad I felt at Steve Jobs’ passing. My first real computer was a Mac Plus (can’t count the TRS 80), went PC for a while and am now back using a Macbook Air. He’s definitely made my life a lot easier and a whole lot more interesting.
I owe Steve the best 25 years of my career.
Even though I spent most of those years as a Windows programmer, having a MacII got me out of mainframe programming for good.
Hear, hear. My very first computer, roughly one bazillion years ago, long before Macs were well integrated enough to be computers for everyday use, was an Apple.
So it goes…
The first computer I ever used was a friend’s Apple II in 1979.
The first computers I used regularly were the Macintosh 512K and Macintosh Plus computers at my university in 1986. Over the next few years at college, I used the Mac SE/30, the Mac II, and the Mac IIcx. I even played around with a NeXT computer.
The only computers I have ever personally owned have been Macintosh computers. In the mid- to late 1990s, I actually considered permanently switching to a PC, but around that time, Steve returned to Apple and revitalized the company. I haven’t looked back since. Hopefully his successors can continue his legacy.
I (along with my wife and son) have owned:
[ul][li]Macintosh IIsi (1990)[/li][li]Power Mac G4 (2000)[/li][li]Mac Pro (2008-still in use)[/li][li]MacBook Pro 13-inch (2010-still in use)[/li][li]iPod 3G (15 GB)[/li][li]iPod 3G (20 GB)[/li][li]iPod 5G (30 GB)[/li][li]iPod nano 1G (2 GB)[/li][li]iPod nano 2G (8 GB)[/li][li]iPod Touch 4G (32 GB)[/li][li]iPhone 4 (16 GB)[/li][li]iPhone 4 (32 GB)[/ul][/li]
I got the news of Steve’s death on my iPhone, and I’m writing this now on my Mac Pro. Rest in peace, Steve.
Like the fellow said, I didn’t even know he was sick. Yikes. That really is sad.
Good on him for all he accomplished. I’m not going to get closure on this until I read a eulogy for him written by Stephen Fry, who had this to say about Jobs, his company and his products about eighteen months ago.
You know what really worries me about all this, is that if a guy with ~8 billion dollars can’t find some third world body donor to get his brain transplanted into what hope do the rest of us have?..
My first computer was an Apple IIGS; after years of PCs, I finally bought a MacBook this year. Oh, and my iPod…I would go crazy at work without it.
RIP, Steve.
Yeah, I made the big move to an iMac in 2008, but I would have done it a lot faster if I’d had the cash. The first computer I saw that wasn’t putty-colored was a white Mac in the late 80s, and the candy-colored ones were fun to look at too.
I learned of his passing sitting in a little park this warm autumn night in Chelsea off 7th Avenue, having just left a friend’s (non-digital) art gallery exhibit opening. Some white wine, then some pizza to go, then what the heck, it’s nice enough to sit outside, turn on the Nokia wi-fi spot and then the little iPod Touch to check my e-mail and Twitter–oh yay, that idiot Palin isn’t running–wait, what? Oh no.
Tweet after tweet after tweet, some from major news outlets linking to stories they’d obviously had ready for years, but the most moving from celebs and ordinary folks just sharing a thought on how Jobs’ work had changed their lives for the better.
I knew he was incredibly ill when he stepped down six weeks ago.
I was shocked when I saw the news of his passing.
An innovator. A visionary. He changed how we use technology in immeasurable ways.
Rest in peace Mr. Jobs.
RIP Steve Jobs.
you were a visionary and an inspiration.
i still remember the first computer i ever used, an Apple IIc.