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Steve Jobs has a 'common bug'
Normally I wouldn't even post about this, but several people have commented on the way Steve Jobs looked during his keynote yesterday. Most folks seemed to think that he looked a little thinner than usual, which of course makes one think back to his battle with cancer. An Apple PR person assured the Wall Street Journal that Steve has been fighting a 'common bug' for the last few weeks, and he is on the mend.Everyone here at TUAW hopes Steve feels better soon! We should probably send him an iCard before they go away.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Amerist said 6:19PM on 6-10-2008
Ok so I wasn't the only one who immediately noticed that his Steveness was looking a bit gaunt.
I sure hope he's really alright.
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Cycomachead said 7:11PM on 6-10-2008
Nope, his voice also seemed a bit more hoarse, and he was coughing a bit more than usual.
Ramin said 6:19PM on 6-10-2008
God bless Steve Jobs.
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Reade Whitney said 6:29PM on 6-10-2008
i just thought his mock neck looked a size too big ... but at least i wasnt the only one
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jonathan ober said 6:39PM on 6-10-2008
well we know he doesnt have the common bug that plagues PCs...right? He doesnt touch those, does he? Maybe he got it when talking about Microsoft exchange server.
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matt said 6:41PM on 6-10-2008
The dude looked sickly. Plus he seems to be slowly phasing himself out of keynotes. Forstall is getting lots of facetime. Jobs had lots of 'help' showing off Leopard features too (i.e. Forstall demoing Time Machine).
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Magnificen7 said 6:41PM on 6-10-2008
I just noticed a good comparison here:
http://forums.appleinsider.com/showpost.php?p=1263328&postcount=50
I care about Steve Jobs as much as a would a family member. He has meant a lot in my life, and I can only hope he isn't going through something worse than a cold. My father and I were discussing the keynote last night and we both agreed Steve didn't look well. My father works in the medical field, and was very worried by Steve's appearance. We're here for ya Stevie.
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Frank said 6:54PM on 6-10-2008
yikes. i was idly noticing it yesterday, but this comparison speaks volumes. that poster is right: cold, my ASS. i'm keeping steve in my thoughts.
Pete Ruksakiati said 6:50PM on 6-10-2008
Steve looked gaunt but he didn't seem to have a problem with a keynote speech that lasted over ninety minutes.
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Magnificen7 said 7:00PM on 6-10-2008
Of which he was on stage for maybe half the time.
Rowdehaj said 6:53PM on 6-10-2008
I wouldn't like to think of an Apple without Steve Jobs.
(Or Ive for that matter)
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neko said 6:53PM on 6-10-2008
probably just a case of convention flu. being around several thousand people, someone's bound to get sick.
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Andy Mesa said 7:00PM on 6-10-2008
Cancer is a common bug.
:(
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jimeh said 7:05PM on 6-10-2008
"Steve Jobs didn't fight cancer, he taunted it and played with it like a cat before killing it out of boredom."
http://stevejobsfacts.com/fact/63
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Dom said 7:10PM on 6-10-2008
I'm sure he'll be patched in the next software update.
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lance.gilbert said 7:10PM on 6-10-2008
I hate to say this, but Steve has been looking way too thin for longer than just a few weeks. He was that thin at the March Apple event as well (go back and view the video). But it seems as if poeple either didn't notice back then (I certainly did) or people chose to ignore it and hope he would return to a healthy weight. I pray he is o.k., but I fear something is up.
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Daniel said 7:15PM on 6-10-2008
It wasn't the flu- it was peyote.
http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2008/06/confession-im-wearing-depends-today.html
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Argent said 7:27PM on 6-10-2008
I do hope that it was just a "common bug." But he's lost a noticeable amount of weight since last year:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42858400@N00/sets/72157605547771083/
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jimmy said 7:56PM on 6-10-2008
he's got one foot in the iCoffin
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Sam said 8:13PM on 6-10-2008
I wonder what he's like at home... *sniggers* at the idea of a Victor Meldrew/Steve Jobs hybrid!
Sam