To create a new standard, it takes something that's not just a little bit different; it takes something that's really new and really captures people's imagination - and the Macintosh, of all the machines I've ever seen, is the only one that meets that standard.

It's not manufacturers trying to rip anybody off or anything like that. There's nobody getting rich writing software that I know of.

The next generation of interesting software will be done on the Macintosh, not the IBM PC.

If something's expensive to develop, and somebody's not going to get paid, it won't get developed. So you decide: Do you want software to be written, or not?

In the pretext of the academic being detestable, the worst in the class was made a hero! He opens the door to the ethics of shit! Newness at whatever cost and …

His role on the Macintosh was the initiator of the project, so it wouldn't be here if it weren't for him. ~ Andy Hertzfeld

The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn't started yet. Don't be misled by the enormous flow of money into bad defacto stand…