大学时代:小乔在位于俄立岗的Reed大学才读了6个月就罢读了,他对学校兴趣缺缺。可是他在接下来的一年多的时间里,在Reed 读了不少选修课。关于这一段时间,乔布斯在出席2005年斯坦福大学的毕业典礼所作的演讲中如是说:After six months, I couldn’t see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out ok. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was the one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I drop out I could stop taking the required classes that didn’t interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting. (译文:六个月,我看不到学校的价值。我不知我该干什么,也看不到学校将能帮助我认识这些。而且,我在花着我父母倾其一生的积蓄来读书。所以我决定退学,我相信退学后我将会干得更好。那段时间我还是有点害怕的,但以后的事实证明,这是我一生最伟大的决定之一。从退学的那一刻开始,我就可以随时回到学校去学我喜欢学的东西。)
苹果在2010年的市值一度超过了微软,成为最富有的企业。 然而,史蒂夫乔布斯,苹果的老总,他的个人头衔可能就会因为个人健康而定版: 现代个人电脑的开发者,现代数码动画技术的创立者(toy story I 的制作者),音乐数码时代的推进者(ipod)。。。。往下,如果他没有得病,老乔肯定还有新花样的,他才五十六岁,一个男人最给力的年纪,最有经验最有智慧的年纪。