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

[melodiccow439]

It isn't the gadgets that are his legacy, except in the short run. The Apple computer was the first that was within most people's price range. It wasn't meant for the average person however- you had to be a techie. Look at the photo of what you got for $666.00. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_...t_1976.jpg

You had to buy all the rest of the parts yourself; however, it started the revolution. The next revolution (using a different software system altogether) was the Radio Shack TRS80 1. It was the first to come all put together with a keyboard and monitor and power supply, so all you had to do was take it out of the box to begin using it.

But that would not have happened if not for the Apple. Things would have gone someone else's direction, maybe Motorola, Hewlett-Packard, Altair (the first to use Microsoft 4 years before the Apple came out, although Windows would come later), Radio Shack, only 1 year behind Apple in production and marketing, using a user-friendly Z-80 chip, or Commodore.

So it was also the marketing schemes had to be working, become some good computers didn't sell and went under. The Apple was sold with a high profile so it would be noticed--and it was. And so I think, in spite of the gadgets, in spite of being 'the first' to succeed, it was his ability to bring technology's price down to the level of the average buyer.