Computers Quotes by Walter Isaacson

“Wozniak could make one of the computers he had been sketching on”

— Walter Isaacson

“told me, that the Apple logo was an homage to Alan Turing, the British computer pioneer who broke the”

— Walter Isaacson

“NeXT computer. But gradually he was learning his lesson. In building devices like the iPod,”

— Walter Isaacson

“tangerine clam, and a professional desktop computer that suggested a Zen ice cube. Like bell-bottoms that turn up in the”

— Walter Isaacson

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it” and “People who are serious about software should make their own…

— Walter Isaacson

“Woz spent a lot of time at home reading his father’s electronics journals, and he became enthralled by stories about new computers,”

— Walter Isaacson

“the beginning of 2002 Apple faced a challenge. The seamless connection between your iPod, iTunes software, and computer made it easy to…

— Walter Isaacson

“receiver from Hallicrafters, the most sophisticated radios available. Woz spent a lot of time at home reading his father’s electronics journals, and…

— Walter Isaacson

You know, one of these things that happened in the '60s and '70s was this confluence of, sort of, a counter-culture with…

— Walter Isaacson

“I wanted to buy it because I was really into computer graphics,” Jobs recalled. “I realized they were way ahead of others…

— Walter Isaacson

Without Steve Jobs, you would have well-designed computers, probably open and not integrated, but they wouldn't have sex appeal, they wouldn't have…

— Walter Isaacson

“Sculley found Jobs as memorable as his machine. " He seemed more a showman than a businessman. Every move seemed calculated, as…

— Walter Isaacson

“By 2001 Apple had revived its personal computer offerings. It was now time to think different. A set of new possibilities topped…

— Walter Isaacson

“Now he was about to launch the Macintosh, a machine that violated many of the principles of the hacker’s code: It was…

— Walter Isaacson

“I'd been very influenced by what I'd seen in Japan. Part of what I greatly admired there - and part of what…

— Walter Isaacson

“When it came time to announce the price of the new machine, Jobs did what he would often do in product demonstrations:…

— Walter Isaacson

“People know how to deal with a desktop intuitively. If you walk into an office, there are papers on the desk. The…

— Walter Isaacson

“What was remarkable was that associating with a computer and electronics company was the best way for a rock band to seem…

— Walter Isaacson

“Was [Steve Jobs] smart? No, not exceptionally. Instead, he was a genius. His imaginative leaps were instinctive, unexpected, and at times magical.…

— Walter Isaacson

“Then he began writing the software that would get the microprocessor to display images on the screen. Because he could not afford…

— Walter Isaacson

“A few years later, Jobs described to Wired the process that went into getting a new washing machine: It turns out that…

— Walter Isaacson

“suggested it would be sometime in the second quarter of that year. At the first NeXT retreat back in late 1985, he…

— Walter Isaacson