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Steve Jobs and the Mac team, photographed by Norman Seeff

by Mike Schramm Nov 17th 2011 at 12:00AM

I really like these photos of Steve Jobs and the early Mac gang, taken by Norman Seeff. You may have seen one of them on the front cover of Time magazine, not to mention on the back cover of Jobs's recent biography. It's great how these photos show just how young and carefree Jobs and company once were, hacking away on computers that they then sold directly to other young and carefree computer users. The people in these photos aren't corporate billionaires or marketing geniuses just yet -- they're just having fun making cool stuff.

But at the same time, I do see a little glint in Steve's eye, a realization that by posing with his computer on his lap in front of a fireplace with a beer next to him, he's got the opportunity to be "different" from everyone else out there. These were taken after Bill Gates's hilarious photos, and you get the sense that Jobs already knows history is watching. Great photos for sure.

Thanks, Elizabeth!



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Bill R

Looks like he's drinking an Anchor Steam beer

November 17 2011 at 4:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
SSteve

That's not just a beer. It's an Anchor Steam--every bit as iconic as Steve Jobs and the Mac.

November 17 2011 at 1:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
FreeRange

And I love the fact that he's sitting next to one of the greatest beers in the world - Anchor Steam.

November 17 2011 at 10:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
dennis Munsie

Not sure if these are after the Gates photos or not. If you look behind Gates in that first one, you can see an original Mac on his desk. If those photos were taken in 1983, then that's a pre-production Mac on Gates' desk. More likely, these were taken after the photos with Jobs.

November 17 2011 at 10:21 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alaup.us

The truth is that the photos are excellent and demonstrate how people evolve only in 30 years.

Imagine now as we will see us our children and grandchildren, also in similar photos posaremos and although they already use holograms, when reviewing their old photo albums, I entered some nostalgia, as we now occurs steve.

Jesus Ballesteros from alaup.us

November 17 2011 at 5:12 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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