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Good to hear from good ol' Gasse! whenever he is mentioned I can't help but remember this quote of his:

"We must always give our users pure sex. It's like a rendezvous in the back seat of an automobile with a beautiful girl. One's experience with the personal computer should be better than the greatest orgasm you could have."

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That is a straight up terrible quote. First of all, hearing about some old dude's sex fantasy is a bit gross. Second of all, computer experiences should be predictable and efficient. I don't know many people who associate either of those qualities with (good) sex.

The quote is over the top, but this vision pushed Apple beyond merely "predictable and efficient" products. If they'd stuck to predictable and efficient, there's no way they'd be an $800+B company today, so it seems to have worked out for them.

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