Does Steve Jobs still use a peesee?

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I remember hearing a while ago that Steve Jobs used an IBM thinkpad, even though he was working at Apple at the time.

Does anyone know if he still does or not? I wouldn't think that he would now, it would make him kind of a hipocrite.
 
He did use a ThinkPad running OPENSTEP when he returned to Apple, and continued using it with OPENSTEP/Rhapsody until the Wallstreet PowerBook G3s (the first PowerBook with a 1024 x 768 display) were released from the information I have gotten.
 
It's also rumored that he uses a Dell when he's at Pixar :(

I got this info from AppleTurns.com... someone interviewed him about Pixar for some magazine and there was a photo of him at his desk with a Dell desktop on it.

That's what I remember...
 
But it's becoming common knowledge that they are migrating to Mac OS X for most of their computing needs! If they are still using PC's it's probably for Maya (since there isn't an Unlimited version for OS X yet).
 
I would HOPE that by now Steve would be using a TiBook or something instead of a Dull or a StinkPad.:p
 
I'm a Mac fan and have been even since the 128k came out. I've even owned a Mac for a decade now!

That said, I do all my programming on a ThinkPad. And not just 'cos at work we're a Wintel shop: I just know my ageing iMac wouldn't be able to cut it with OS X for Cocoa, Java, etc.

OK so my excuse is I can't afford a new Mac -- I've no idea what Steve's would be!

I guess one could argue that he should always be aware of the competition?

From what I've read, Pixar are only now starting to move over to OS X for some of their apps... Things like Renderman are IRIX / NT at the moment, so presumably a Dell or whatever would be required for that? Also, NEXTStep was on Intels...
 
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