Lacoste Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 Steve Jobs' Apple displayed a rather fascinating balance between design and utility. Granted, it often shifted more toward the design side, which resulted in problems like Antennagate, but that tended to happen when Jobs wasn't around. He made sure the products worked well and looked good -- he understood the need to do both. After Jobs left Apple in the 1980s, there were clearly changes to Apple's products. However, it wasn't until Windows 95 launched that folks actually seemed to look at Apple very differently, and not particularly favorably. By any financial measure, Tim Cook has been doing a great job -- but traditional CEOs tend to work tactically, sacrificing the [CENSORED]ure to hit ever-higher present heights until what becomes an increasingly fragile house of cards comes crashing down. Here's a look at what the beautiful Apple Watch and the sexy new MacBook can tell us about whether Cook is moving strategically -- like Jobs did -- or more in line with other Apple CEOs, who eventually failed. I'll close with my product of the week -- what is suddenly a much better deal in smartwatches: the Fitbit Surge.
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