
Topics • Apple Exodus • Building Next • Building the computer • The launch
Apple Exodus • ousted from his leadership position at Apple • Big Mac gets canceled • Plans to leave Apple and start a new company form • The board meeting
Apple Exodus • Jobs leaves Apple and takes five people with him • Founding members of Next
Apple Exodus • Fallout of leaving Apple
Building Next • Jobs indulges in his passion for design • Design of the Logo and a name change
Building NeXT • Settling old debts and getting Esslinger • Beginning of failure • Fraught with opulent expense • Quest for perfection
Building the Computer • Gathering data and content • Building the factory • Trouble starting at NeXT • Reality distortion field
Building the Computer • Cash Flow and Ross Perot
Bill Gates and NeXT • Bill Slams NeXT computer • Short lived revenge with IBM • Opportunity quits knocking
The Launch • Crowd pleasing show, Displeasing Price
The Launch • Criticism abounds • Miscellaneous facts