I’m normally a pretty cynical person, but I couldn’t help but feel a little sad at the passing of Steve Jobs. I mean, the dude defined multitasking. Also he put to rest the argument that doing any kind of psychedelic drugs might harm your psyche. (Except if you do them a lot.)

I’ve never been a big Apple user, even though I work in the Multimedia field. I don’t have anything against Apple; I just haven’t used them that much. Okay, actually I do have one thing against Apples: the PRICE. Jesus Christ, I’m buying a computer, not taking out a second mortgage. Why are these machines so expensive?

So, I’ve always been a PC kind of guy. Which is my main point here about what Steve Jobs meant to me - he forced Microsoft and PCs to become a lot less sucky.

Anyone remember Windows3.1, which was Microsoft’s answer to the Mac?

Hey, it came with Solitaire! Hey, it came with Paint! Hey, it came with Minesweeper (which is actually a pretty kick ass game, still today). Steve Jobs and Apple upped the bar for what people expected out of a computer. Bill Gates and the crew in Seattle had to put down their proto-Starbucks and get to work.

I’m still a PC guy, but if someone handed me an Apple, I’d take it. On the other hand, if someone gave me $500 towards a computer, I’d rather take the money and use it to buy a PC. Whereas with an Apple laptop, that $500 would probably just get me the ESC key.

Thanks, Mr. Jobs! We’ll miss you.