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Re:Sotheby's selling operational Apple-1 computer handmade b... by lloeki on Friday July 11, 2025 @10:09AM (#44532355)
> it emphasizes Jobs not Woz (the true nerd hero), including a stylized ascii art.

I rewatched it: https://youtu.be/XdBKuBhdZwg?si=nywGYWzsB5HmW2AB&t=184

Woz appears first, then Jobs shortly, then the Apple logo. Arguably Woz's face even appears slightly longer because there's a short pause whereas Jobs just flies by to the Apple logo.

Later there's both "Woz and Jobs holding Apple I".

The video description explicitly calls out "The Steve Wozniak-designed computer".

The by-name callouts in the video are:

- "hand-built by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak"

- "in Steve Job's mom's garage."

- Jobs acting as a salesman

I'm not really sure how Jobs is emphasised at all.

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Re:Sotheby's selling operational Apple-1 computer handmade b... by marcellus23 on Friday July 11, 2025 @11:16AM (#44533121)
There's a certain type of nerd that just can't stand Jobs and seems to have a complex about the archetypes that Jobs and Woz represent.
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Re:Sotheby's selling operational Apple-1 computer handmade b... by wglass on Friday July 11, 2025 @11:28AM (#44533269)
Fair enough! Guilty of that attitude, no doubt. I note the corrections in the message above re emphasis on Woz/Jobs.

I think mostly I was annoyed at the emphasis on how the computer is untouched and unused, which seemed the antithesis of the spirit of those early days.

Having said all that, I really felt an urge to bid, though no doubt it's 10x what I can afford.

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