Steve Jobs is still considered not only a great businessman and technology expert, but also a visionary. Since 1976, when he co-founded Apple, he has been at the birth of a number of revolutionary milestones in the field of computer technology, phones, tablets, but also the distribution of music and applications - in short, everything that we currently take for granted. But he was also able to predict a lot of things - after all, it was Jobs who said that the best way to predict the future is to invent it. Which of Jobs' predictions actually came true in the end?
"We will use computers at home for fun"
In 1985, Steve Jobs said in an interview for Playboy magazine that the use of personal computers would spread to homes - at that time, computers were mainly present in companies and schools. While only 1984% of American households owned a computer in 8, in 2015 that figure had risen to 79%. Computers have become not only a work tool, but also a means of relaxation, entertainment and communication with friends.
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In the same interview, Jobs also explained that one of the main reasons for purchasing a home computer in the future will be the ability to connect to a national communications network. It was five years before the first ever website appeared online.
All functions will be performed faster with the mouse
Even before Jobs released the Lisa computer with a mouse in 1983, the vast majority of computers were controlled using commands entered through the keyboard. Jobs envisioned the computer mouse as something that would make these commands as simple as possible, making it possible for less tech-savvy individuals to use computers. Today, using a mouse on a computer is a matter of course for us.
The Internet will be used everywhere
In an interview with Wired magazine in 1996, Steve Jobs predicted that the World Wide Web would be adopted and used on a daily basis by users around the world. At that time he was still talking about dial tone characteristic of the type of connection at that time. But he was right about the expansion of the Internet. As of April this year, an estimated 4,4 billion people worldwide were using the Internet, which is 56% of the global population and 81% of the developed world.
You won't have to manage your own storage
Back when we stored our photos in actual photo albums and home videos on VHS tapes, Steve Jobs predicted that we would soon be using "non-physical" storage. In 1996, in one of his interviews, he stated that he himself does not store anything. "I use email and the web a lot, which is why I don't have to manage my storage," he stated.
Computer in a book
In 1983, most computers were large and took up a lot of space. At that time, Jobs presented his vision at the international design conference in Aspen, according to which the future of computing will be mobile. He talked about "an incredibly cool computer in a book that we'll be able to carry around." In another interview around the same time, he added that he had always thought it would be wonderful to have a small box - something like a record - that one could carry around with them everywhere. In 2019, we carry our own versions of personal computers in our backpacks, purses, and even pockets.
In an interview with Newsweek in the 1980s, Jobs described the computers of the future as agents that gather information about our interests, interact with us, and learn to predict our needs. Jobs called this vision "a little friend inside a box." A little later, we routinely communicate with Siri or Alexa, and the topic of personal assistants and relationships with them even earned its own film called Her.
People stop going to the shops. They will buy things on the web.
In 1995, Steve Jobs gave a speech at the Computerworld Information Technology Awards Foundation. As part of it, he said that the global network will have the greatest impact on the field of trade. He predicted how the Internet would allow small startups to cut some of their costs and make them more competitive. How did it end up? We all know the story of Amazon.
In 1996, many users were just beginning to venture into the world of e-mail and web browsing. Even then, in an interview with Wired magazine, Steve Jobs warned that the Internet can literally swallow us with information that we will not be able to handle. This year's statistics, based on a consumer survey, say that the average American checks their phone fifty-two times a day.
Computers from diapers
In one of his long-ago interviews for Newsweek Access, Steve Jobs explained that the computer market will gradually reach even the youngest generation. He talked about the fact that there will come a time when even ten-year-old children will be buying technology fads (through their parents). A recent study by Influence Central reports that the average age a child in the United States gets their first phone is 10,3 years old.
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