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This piece is a crock, and I have no idea why it was written - unless it was dictated by someone in Apple marketing.

First - Jobs’ interest was hardware - its design and user features. Sure, he was a businessman, too, and all this other stuff might have appealed to him, too, but there’s no clue it was ever his love, or dream.

Second - nobody but Jobs could know what he would have thought, but Jobs is dead, and he died long before this stuff became headline material.

Third - who cares what Jobs would have thought? What people, Apple customers and potential customers, think today is arguably more important, and what they think has absolutely nothing to do with what Jobs might have thought. They see what’s there and whether it appeals to them, period. The customers for Apple’s digital products may be happy, Apple stockholders ought to be happy (for now), but surely Apple’s hardware customers are getting more and more frustrated, p***ed off, and wondering if or how much longer they still want to stay with Macs; and new computer buyers will often find the Window competition more attractive.

I’m afraid Apple is on the road to stop making Macs. Maybe they’re thinking of splitting into two or even three divisions, Macs and the rest (this might even be a good idea). And, to get back to Steve Jobs, I think he’d feel betrayed.

----- Ah, I just noticed it's April Fools!!! Now I understand why this piece was written.

I asked them, and here's their answer:

"I believe the price is 24% off today (not $24.00).  I believe the promo code for the deal is:   WineNine      If you go to our website:  www.codeweavers.com/store  THEN enter the promo code in the promo code box and <click> on the arrow, you will see the discount applied before purchase.  "