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Steve Jobs Made These Eerily Accurate Predictions In 1985
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Visionary Apple co-founder Steve Jobs imagined that computers would one day be connected, be used for creative functions and be navigable by regular people via things like a computer mouse.
In 1985, computers were expensive, complicated and hard to use. But Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, had a vision for what personal computers could be.
"We're just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable breakthrough for most people—as remarkable as the telephone," Jobs told Playboy in February of 1985.
In particular, Jobs saw one design element as key to making computers consumer-friendly: the mouse.
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