Watching TV to turn off the brain - and sit down at the computer to work when they want to include the brain, considered the legendary Steve Jobs.
Issue computers Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (TAM) in 1997 was terminated by the decision of the founder of Apple, which did not like that your computer has a TV tuner, writes journalist Brent Schlender a forthcoming book entitled "Formation of Steve Jobs: Making careless upstart in the visionary leader" (Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader). The publication reveals previously unknown facts from the life of this truly iconic character of the IT industry.
"I just do not like TV - said Jobs designer Jonathan Quince at the end of the 90s. - Apple will never do television".
Computers TAM have been developed for the twentieth group led by Apple Quince. They worked on a PowerPC 603e processor and staffed with LCD screen 12.1-inch drive for CDs and speakers Bose. TAM price was $ 7500. The company managed to produce only 12,000 of these computers.
"TV watching to turn off the brain" - he said in an interview with Macworld in 2004. "And sit down at the computer to work when they want to turn on the brain".
It is worth noting that the biography "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson authored indicates the intention of the inventor iPhone crank with TVs that managed to do with computers, music players and phones - embody the easiest and most convenient way to interact with a "blue screen".
In general, in the book we are waiting for a lot of surprises, because it is filled with fascinating information and amusing episodes, tell your friends, family and inner circle Jobs. Increase the reliability of the information complete, and not cut drastically statements of the interviewees, as well as a close relationship with the authors of the technological sphere, will get rid of stuff from stupid mistakes.