Apple CEO Steve Jobs reportedly had a liver transplant two months ago. Jobs is set to return to Apple at the end of this month, following a six month leave of absence to treat an undisclosed medical condition.
In the new year, the Apple Chief sent out a letter explaining why he had been looking so poorly for the last year. Jobs said he was suffering from a hormone imbalance that was robbing his body of proteins. At the time, he said that the remedy to this health issue was “relatively simple and straight forward,” and that he would continue his duties at Apple.
One week later, Steve sent out a second letter stating that his health problems were a lot more complex than he originally thought and that he would be taking six months off work to focus on getting well. Since then, nothing has been said about Steve Jobs health issues, though rumors say he has continued to play an active role at Apple, despite his absence.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Steve Jobs received a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago, adding that he is recovering well and is expected to return to work on schedule, though he may work part-time initially. When contacted for comment, Jobs didn't respond, however, Apple spokeswoman Katie Cotton told the WSJ, "Steve continues to look forward to returning at the end of June, and there's nothing further to say."
According to doctors contacted by Bloomberg, the type of cancer Jobs had in 2004 is treatable with a liver transplant. “These tumors often metastasize just to the liver,” said Abhinav Humar, clinical director of the Division of Transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. “It’s the most common place where they metastasize, and for that reason it’s one of the rare pancreatic cancers that you can treat with a liver transplant,” he added.
Whatever you think about Apple and the people who buy Apple products, Apple provides some measure of competition to Microsoft, which is invaluable. Imagine a world where Intel is the sole cpu manufacturer (Netburst every year: awesome), where Microsoft occupies 99% of the non-free OS market (willing to pay $300 for Windows?) and where nVidia is the only GPU manufacturer (and you'd pay twice the current amount for your discrete graphics card).
I have never bought an Apple computer, but I am happy they exist. I am thankful for that segment of the population that buys Macs for their perceived benefits. They have one function: Keeping Microsoft in line.
I agree with you Bunz, but there are some people that treat him like a prophet or religious figure.
I agree with you Bunz, but there are some people that treat him like a prophet or religious figure.
Whatever you think about Apple and the people who buy Apple products, Apple provides some measure of competition to Microsoft, which is invaluable. Imagine a world where Intel is the sole cpu manufacturer (Netburst every year: awesome), where Microsoft occupies 99% of the non-free OS market (willing to pay $300 for Windows?) and where nVidia is the only GPU manufacturer (and you'd pay twice the current amount for your discrete graphics card).
I have never bought an Apple computer, but I am happy they exist. I am thankful for that segment of the population that buys Macs for their perceived benefits. They have one function: Keeping Microsoft in line.
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You're an idiot. Whether you love Apple or hate Apple, they are still a driving force in the computer industry and the health of one of the most influential pioneers and innovators of the tech industry is more than welcome in a tech news site. The rumors don't belong here, but this is a legitimate story.
*hugs Phenom II 940 box running Linux*
How is OSX behind windows? I use both in my work (3D Animator) and find that OSX has usually had most features first (not all of course, but a lot) and more often than not, they are the useful ones that stop me going crazy. Like the way OSX will keep copying the rest of the files in the background while waiting for you to 'okay' a question on copying one of the files. I'm not a fanboy of any system, but apple is solid competition for microsoft and a lot of the reasons windows 7 is looking solid is because of pressure from apple.
For example: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=15478
They posted this 2 days ago.