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Book Review: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Simple Creative Perfectionist: Though‌ ‌I‌ ‌take‌ ‌an‌ ‌apple‌ a day‌,‌ ‌I‌ ‌have‌ ‌never‌ ‌touched‌ ‌the‌ ‌Apple in my life,‌ ‌the‌ ‌laptop,‌ ‌I‌ ‌mean.‌ ‌‌But I‌ ‌ have‌ ‌always‌ ‌wondered‌ ‌why‌ ‌owners‌ ‌of‌ ‌any‌ ‌Apple‌ ‌product‌ ‌were‌ ‌so possessive‌ ‌and‌ ‌proud‌ ‌of‌ ‌holding‌ ‌one in their hands ‘for others to see’ in public places.‌ ‌Particularly‌ ‌when‌ ‌Microsoft‌ ‌is‌ ‌dominating‌ ‌the‌ ‌mainstream‌ ‌how ‌Apple‌ made their ‌world unique? Apple’s‌ ‌an‌ ‌'insanely‌ ‌great'‌ ‌product‌ ‌which‌ ‌'dented‌ ‌the‌ ‌universe',‌ ‌as‌ ‌Steve Jobs‌ ‌believed‌ ‌it‌ ‌should‌ ‌be,‌ ‌'a‌ ‌machine‌ ‌that‌ ‌would‌ ‌transform‌ ‌personal‌ ‌computing'.‌ The electoral noise around may have delayed my reading, but never denied the pleasure of relishing the life story of 'Steve Jobs' by Walter Isaacson. Not only do you get to know the temperamental man who doggedly changed our reality, in contrast to his contemporary Bill Gates, but you also trace the history of...