giants of the era

Chapter 209 I will bear the infamy! (Second more)
Regarding the notebook, Li Zetian said: "Apple's notebook is named PowerBook, which means a powerful notebook with excellent performance. The first-generation PowerBook uses a reduced instruction set processor ARM1. The trackball and palm rest that act as a mouse are two of the notebooks. Great features. Especially the palm rest, no computer company had this kind of design before, as you can see, the palm rest in front of the keyboard can put your hands on it, making users more comfortable when operating the laptop, and the trackball in the middle of the palm rest It can be rotated and the position of the mouse can be moved!"

Wozniak said: "The design of the palm rest is simply too user-friendly. With such a laptop for office work, my hands will not be so tired!"

Jobs said: "This must be patented, and I'm sure palm rests will become the standard for laptops!!!"

Li Zetian nodded with a smile, "I have asked someone to apply for a patent!"

Jobs thought for a while and said, "The trackball is also a pretty good design, but it just feels a little strange."

The capacitive-based touchpad mouse has not yet been invented. If there was no human intervention by Li Zetian, this thing would have been invented by George Gerpheide in 1988.At present, the PowerBook naturally cannot use the touchpad, and the trackball can be regarded as an alternative product. It does look a bit weird, but it is a helpless move.However, the empty space in the middle of the palm rest will be wasted if not used, and the function of the trackball can indeed attract the user's attention, adding a sense of technology.

Li Zetian chatted with Jobs and Wozniak for an hour or two before concluding the conversation.

A few days later, Sun Microsystems and Apple made major personnel changes.

Jobs as Apple's CEO, Wozniak as Apple's chief scientist!
Dr. Jim Clark as Sun Microsystems CEO and William Nelson Joy as Sun Microsystems Chief Scientist!

There is nothing wrong with personnel adjustments, but what Jobs did after he took office made the global media excited and crazy!
On March 3, Apple held a press conference, announcing that it would stop multiple projects within the company, only keeping personal computers, software development and Walkman players.At the same time, it announced plans to lay off 20 employees.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused a sensation in the industry and caused reports from major media around the world.

"The New York Times" said: "Steve Jobs became CEO and immediately cut off most of Apple's projects. This move is undoubtedly a self-destructive Great Wall. Chronos Li's decision-making has a major problem! Apple is hopeless!"

The Wall Street Journal is also not optimistic about Jobs: "Apple spent a lot of money on other projects. Once Jobs took office, he didn't study whether these projects were profitable. He cut off almost all projects across the board, wasting Apple's years of hard work. ! Jobs can be called the most prodigal CEO in this century!!!”

The "Los Angeles Times" sang badly: "Apple has shrunk severely after such a toss by Jobs, and its market value has dropped sharply!"

In fact, almost no media is optimistic about Jobs, thinking that Li Zetian made a big mistake!

At this time, when Thomas Rockefeller heard the news, he was shocked and murmured: "What is Chronos Li doing? Is he destroying the Great Wall?" Suddenly, Thomas Rockefeller was glad that he had sold Apple. , At the same time, I feel that Li Zetian may have got water in his head and let Jobs run amok!
When the outside world scolded Jobs, he turned a deaf ear and was busy laying off employees and selling Apple's assets!
People in Apple were panicked, and they didn't dare to look Jobs in the eyes for fear of being cut off by him.

At this time, Li Zetian came forward to support Jobs. When he was interviewed by media reporters, he said: "Currently many people are talking about Jobs, saying that he is incompetent, and that he has ruined Apple. In fact, I want to say that everything Jobs did I authorized it, and I asked to cut off multiple projects of Apple! Now Apple is suffering from a long illness and must undergo major surgery! If you have any doubts about my decision, please wait a few months look!"

The reporters were amazed. They really didn't expect that Jobs was just the executor, and Li Zetian was the planner.

"This is how Chronos Li saved Apple? Oh, what a disappointment!"

"Disappointed? Has Chronos Li ever let us down? Maybe you didn't think of what he was thinking about. You can do what you want!"

"Damn, if I have that ability, I'm still chatting with you here!"

"..."

Li Zetian's interview was immediately spread all over the world.

Public opinion has changed from one-sided to one-sided. Now it has become two factions.

Many people think that Li Zetian's move has a lot of meaning.

"Who is Chronos Li, how can his decision be wrong?"

"Yeah, Chronos Li is so cute, there must be a back trick!"

"..."

A large wave of experts and professors began to whitewash Li Zetian, explaining the benefits of Li Zetian's decision to Apple, in order to show that he is also very good!
Look, my name as an expert professor is not for nothing, I know the deep meaning behind Li Zetian's decision!
Of course, there are also some experts and professors who criticize and satirize Li Zetian's decision-making to gain attention.

After more than a month, Apple realized its plan of streamlining its troops and streamlining its administration, leaving only a part of the hardware and software developers of Sunbird and Atari, and the rest were packaged and sold to Flamingo for $[-] million. The printers were also sold at a low price to companies under the name of Li Zetian.

Apple threw away the burden, went into battle easily, and started to launch three products designed by Li Zetian: CD-Walkman player, iMac desktop all-in-one machine and PowerBook notebook computer.At the same time, CD-ROM is also being developed.

In fact, Li Zetian once considered asking Apple to develop mobile phones, but he thought that Motorola had been developing "big brother" mobile phones for almost 10 years, and Apple couldn't keep up with the horses, so he didn't join in the fun.When Qualcomm's CDMA is developed or Europe's GSM is developed, that is, the 2G era is coming, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!Motorola has a big tail and has fallen behind in the 2G era, allowing Nokia mobile phones to surpass it! ! !

(End of this chapter)