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No!

The entire information age?

No!

Was George Orwell

right about 1984?

No!

Today

we celebrate the first

glorious anniversary of the

Information Purification Directives.

For the first time

in all history,

a garden of pure ideology,

where each worker may bloom,

secure from the pests.

Our enemies shall

talk themselves to death.

First time in all history.

We shall...

prevail.

On January 24th, Apple

Computer will introduce Macintosh

and you'll see why 1984

won't be like 1984.

Good work.

Some response, huh'?

I can't believe it.

It's a revolution.

It's a revolution.

The thing's

a game changer.

You really outdid

yourself, Steve.

Hey. Why don't you

give me a call?

Grab some dinner or something.

Yeah.

Okay.

I'd like that.

Steve.

Arthur.

Great job up there.

Thank you.

Steve, I want you to know

that we believe in you.

I hope you know that.

Thank you, Arthur.

Hey.

What was that?

What...

Rock. He just...

Said something,

"we believe in you."

What's going on?

It's the Macintosh.

You know, we had

them run the numbers

100 different ways,

100 times over...

- You're marking up the Macintosh.

- Yep'

If we keep it as is, we'll be

hemorrhaging money by launch date.

You're gonna price out

the consumer.

Well, we can't take the risk

of flattening our profits.

No.

We can't have it both ways.

I mean, you insisted on the

most expensive hardware.

The Mac was originally

much cheaper.

Jef Raskin

designed a $1,000 box.

I made it great.

If you want the company

to remain profitable...

Whose idea was this?

It's a group decision.

Whose idea was this?

It was mine. Not Michael's,

not the Board. It was me.

We don't do this, John.

IBM does this sh*t.

Steve...

Not Apple. Not me.

Look, don't make me

the villain because

I'm looking out for our

company's best interests.

Steve.

Some things have to change.

If you keep heading

down this path,

I will not be able

to protect you.

They got to you.

They?

How'd you get this?

Arrived yesterday. It's pre-beta,

obviously, but it's all...

It's a blatant rip-off.

Get me Bill Gates

on the phone.

Let me make this

perfectly clear, Bill.

So that when I'm finished, you

can still see through those

thick pretentious glasses, you

psychopathic, unimaginative criminal.

You stole my software,

and I can prove it in court.

And I'm gonna sue you for every

cent that you have ever made.

And I will make it my life's mission

to see to it that you never,

neven

ever make another dollar that

I don't first take 90 cents.

I can only assume that you

are all as irate as I am,

and you're simply

too dumbfounded to speak.

Mr. Jobs promised

us a million units.

We have yet to reach

a quarter of that.

Something has to change.

With two failed projects,

overextended R&Ds,

and that Microsoft fiasco,

we're about to experience the first

quarterly loss in company history.

IBM beat us to market

by two years

with a better product

and better sales.

The Macintosh is not even a toy.

It's a joke.

IBM has now moved

on to mini decks.

And so should we.

What are you

getting at, Arthur?

Gentlemen, I believe

it's time to reconsider

the viability of

the personal computer.

Steve, anything to say?

What would you

have me say, Arthur?

You raised our price.

Don't put that on me.

The problem is not the price, Steve.

It's your product.

You over-hyped the Mac.

You told people to wait. You sold

the future of the Macintosh.

And as a result we lost

two years of sales.

It's not my fault.

Well, it sure as sh*t

is somebody's fault.

Well, I'm not

receiving any support.

You're stripping

me of my resources,

and dumping millions

into the Apple ll.

Do you know why we keep dumping

millions into the Apple II?

Because it sells. It's 70% of our revenue.

How's the Mac doing?

I made my opinion

perfectly clear.

If you want to keep sucking on the

tailpipe of IBM, then I can't stop you.

But I will not take the blame for

the failures of some courtjester.

All right,

this is crazy, Steve...

No. No, no. To whom are

you referring, Steve?

I don't know, Arthur.

You tell me.

John, you're awfully quiet.

Yeah. I'm sorry.

I guess I'm just

at a loss for words.

Head of marketing.

Pepsi genius.

Loss for words.

It's him. Not the Mac.

But the cost

of that process...

$10,000 price tag.

That price tag...

Goes against him,

and not against Mac.

It's ironic, isn't it'?

You chose Dylan, I chose,

I chose The Beatles.

Seems so backward now.

Woz.

What are you doing here?

Good to see you,

too, Steve.

I'm... I'm a little bit busy.

Just, do you mind

if we talk later?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. This'll

only take a minute.

I, uh...

I'm leaving, Steve.

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No. No, Steve.

I'm leaving Apple.

For good. Actually,

I already did. I just...

I thought I should come

back and tell you first.

Why?

We both knew this was coming

for some time. I don't even...

I don't even remember

the last time we talked.

What do you want

from me, then?

Not everyone has

an agenda, Steve.

Right.

You know, I can still remember

when we were just kids,

back in your dads garage.

And we just wanted to

create cool toys for people like us.

You remember that?

Yeah.

Now it's not about

people anymore for you.

No, it's about the product.

Worst of all, it's...

It's about yourself.

You're the beginning and end

of your own world, Steve.

And it's so small. So sad.

And it's...it's

gotta be lonely.

And I know you're gonna say

that the product

and the person

need to be connected

and all that,

but it will never be

what you think it will.

It just won't.

No, not' not for

a long time at least.

I don't know what you think

is going on, Steve, but I do.

And it doesn't

end well for you.

And I'm not...

I'm not sticking

around to watch.

It's been a journey.

And for the record,

I love what we did.

Hi. You've reached John Sculley.

Please leave a message.

Hey, John. It's Steve.

Uh...

I just...

We're still partners,

John, you and I.

We are, we're in

this together.

And I, um...

You just give me a call back?

Thafd be great. Um...

Hey, Mike. It's Steve.

Would you give

me a callback?

Please?

John, you have

to take control now.

Do you have any idea how close

our shareholders are to a panic?

The implications

of your inaction?

Forget your job, the entire

company is at stake here.

This could ruin everyone.

I know, Arthur, but I still

think that we can salvage this.

Can't salvage anything.

I doubt...

Steve.

Mike.

John.

Steve.

Arthur.

What the hell are you

doing here so early?

I could ask you

the same question.

This is good.

Steve, why don't you join us this time?

Have a seat.

This time?

Steve, have a seat.

John?

Arthur, I don't want to. Yes.

You do. Say it.

Tell him what

you've told me.

I find it increasingly

difficult to do my job

when the greatest

obstacle in my path

casts a looming shadow over

everything I try to do.

What did you say?

Steve...

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