Can you explain what Steve Jobs' legacy is other creating a bunch of must have gadgets?

[mrcead]

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I think having an argument like that is silly to begin with. Steve Jobs' legacy need not be defended by someone who never knew him personally.

With that said, All he did was bring computing down to the common person's level. That is a massive achievement however, when the average person 10 years ago refused to learn about computers because it was so overwhelming to the non techie which is the majority of the people on the planet. Jobs essentially child proofed computers so that people couldn't hurt themselves with them. Technology is a powerful thing and much like cars, a driver doesn't really need to know how it works in order to use one to live - and that is really true.

While I can't stand Apple products nor their fan-boyish users because they are restrictive to a techie like myself and are insulting to say the least - I fully respect Steve Jobs because he made everyone else a soft techie which is better than a non techie as these soft techies are now pro technology - and he did it in 10 years! He made the world more receptive to computers being integrated in our daily lives and forced the competition to step up it's game. FB and Twitter are only popular because the cool people who typically make everything popular use macs - since they can't use a PC because they are not savvy enough to sort PC problems - no offense.

So you can use that as a point and you will most likely win that argument because no single person has accomplished that task in that short amount of time. SJ and Apple made the entire world love computers with a silly device called the ipod. I just don't like that he double charges for it.