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So, I brought you a present.

The Newton.

If you don’t take it out of the box, you’ll be able to sell it.

Which is more than I can say.

Everything all right there?

What? No. Yeah.

Just something Joanna pointed out to me.

I missed something so obvious about…

It doesn’t matter.

Look, Wall Street’s gonna sit back and wait to see how you do as CEO,

so don’t let any fluctuation bother you for the first 12 months.

Day traders are gonna respond.

I don’t need to school you.

Is this your way of telling me I shouldn’t have killed the Newton?

The most efficient animal on the planet is the condor.

The most inefficient animals on the planet are humans.

Well, you shouldn’t have killed it for spite.

That’s bad business. Don’t do that.

But a human with a bicycle becomes the most efficient animal.

And the right computer…

A friendly, easy computer that isn’t an eyesore,

but rather sits on your desk with the beauty of a tensor lamp,

the right computer will be a bicycle for the mind.

Do you like it?

I was given back.

And what if, instead of it being in the right hands,

it was in everyone’s hands?

Everyone in the world.

We’d be talking about the most tectonic shift in the status quo since…

Ever.

I don’t know why you’ve always been interested in my adoption history,

but you said, it’s not like someone looked at me and gave me back.

But that is what happened.

You’re telling me you have the right computer?

It’s called Macintosh.

A lawyer couple adopted me first,

then gave me back after a month.

They changed their mind.

Then my parents adopted me.

My biological mother had stipulated that whoever took me

had to be college-educated, wealthy, and Catholic.

Paul and Clara Jobs were none of those things,

so my biological mother wouldn’t sign the adoption papers.

What happened?

There was a legal battle that went on for a while.

My mother said she refused to love me for the first year.

You know, in case they had to give me back.

You can’t refuse to love someone, Steve.

Yeah, it turns out you can.

What the hell can a one-month-old do

that’s so bad that his parents give him back?

There’s nothing a one-month-old can do.

Have you ever thought about trying to find your biological father?

I’ve met my biological father.

For that matter, so have you.

It’s called Macintosh.

Mr. Steve Jobs!

Jandali. Say hello to John Sculley.

Jandali owns the place,

and John’s the CEO of Pepsi,

but I’m trying to get him to move to Cupertino.

Put a dent in the universe.

You eat vegan as well?

You’re kidding me.

No, I’ll eat anything.

Why don’t you start us off with

the Mediterranean lettuce salad with purslane, mint…

My sister found him.

Does he know?

No. In fact, he bragged to Mona

that Steve Jobs comes in the restaurant all the time.

• You don’t want to… - No.

Don’t you think you should talk to him?

He’d probably find a reason to sue me.

Oh, Steve…

John, if you’re here about your legacy,

you need to form a line behind Wozniak.

Wozniak’s gonna be fine. I’m the guy who fired Steve Jobs.

“Rich, college-educated, and Catholic.”

Steve, it’s time.

I’ve gotta go.

Did I do this? Screw it up?

Let’s let it go now.

It has to be time.

Come be our CEO.

Yeah, okay.

It was the stylus, John.

What?

I killed the Newton because of the stylus.

If you’re holding a stylus,

you can’t use the other five that are attached to your wrist.

Things we could have done together.

God, the things we could’ve done.

I’m paying your tuition.

Are you crazy? Of course I’m paying your tuition.

I must have misunderstood you when you said you weren’t paying my tuition.

You and your mom selling the house was a hostile thing to do.

She needed the money.

She always needs the money.

She needs a doctor. She has a sinus infection.

She’s had the same sinus infection since 1988.

I’m gonna take care of my mother. I’m sorry if that angers you.

It does anger me, because you’re a kid

and it’s not your job to take care of your mother.

Is that how yours died?

Guys, um, step away, please. Give them some room.

When your mom is 90 and can’t feed herself, you can take care of her.

But right now, she’s 45, perfectly healthy, and can’t feed herself.

You’re supposed to work hard at school and be 19, and that’s it.

I’ll take care of your mother.

Well, keep up the good work.

What the hell do you want from me? I was sent for.

I bought her a house for $400,000.

It’s worth twice that much today!

She sold it for two magic rocks and a bowl of soup.

It was her house.

She used that money to travel through Europe.

Money which you make her beg for.

• Steve… - Don’t even start with that.

Going to Andy and asking for the money?

That was so off-the-charts over the line…

I did not do that.

Andy came to me.

Everybody have an opinion on this?

I’m sorry, guys. In 30 seconds, you’re going to be late.

She spends the money on antiques,

and then sells them for a fraction of what she paid.

And she does it with money I gave to her for you!

Steve…

You came to me hysterical when you were 13,

asking if you could live with me…

I was not hysterical.

…because your mom was screaming at you every day.

And 13 was the second time I asked you.

The stress of her life as a spiritual healer.

I don’t believe I said you’re a bad guy. But if I did, I am sorry.

Something happened to you at school.

Some first semester core class that all freshmen are required to take…

I read Time.

What?

I have Internet access at school.

I read an old copy of Time,

and I asked my mom some questions about my family history.

That was… Time wrote a mangled piece of journal.

You were never supposed to read that.

I had two different Harvard statisticians

try to reverse-engineer the equation

that you came up with to prove that 28%

of American men could be my father!

Honey, I…

You know, my mother might be a troubled woman,

but what’s your excuse?

That’s why I’m not impressed with your story, Dad!

It’s that you knew what I was going through,

and you didn’t do anything about it.

And that makes you an unconscionable coward.

And not for nothing, but “think” is a verb, all right?

Making “different” an adverb.

You’re asking people to think differently,

and you can talk about the Bauhaus movement and Braun

and “Simplicity is sophistication,” and Issey Miyake uniforms,

and Bob Dylan lyrics all you want, but that thing

looks like Judy Jetson’s Easy-Bake oven.

Hey!

Oh, gee, you’re gonna start late.

You know what “Lisa” stood for?

What?

The computer. The Lisa. Do you know what it stood for?

I’m sorry I said that about the iMac. It’s not what I really think.

Behind my back, at the office, you know what it stood for?

Local Integrated System Architecture.

I was five! Why couldn’t you just lie?

I did.

Of course it was named after you.

“Local Integrated System Architecture” doesn’t even mean anything.

Why’d you say it wasn’t all those years?

I honestly don’t know.

Why’d you say you aren’t my father?

I’m poorly made.

It’s after 9:00, you’re gonna be late.

I don’t care.

You’re writing for the Crimson. What?

The Apple chapter of the Harvard Alumni Association

tells me you’re writing for the Crimson.

Oh, yeah, a little bit. Essays…

I’d like to read one.

Sure.

No, I mean now. I’d like to read one of your essays now.

Come on, you’ve got to go on stage.

The iMac will not be launched until you give me one of your essays,

so the world is waiting for you.

I’m really sorry, guys!

Good luck.

Gonna put music in your pocket.

What?

100 songs. 1,000 songs. 500 songs.

Somewhere between 500 and 1,000 songs, right in your pocket,

because I can’t stand looking at that inexplicable Walkman anymore.

You’re carrying around a brick playing a cassette tape.

We’re not savages.

So I’m gonna put 1,000 songs in your pocket.

You can do that?

Mmm-hmm.

You want to watch from backstage?

Okay.

Go, Cue 1.

You remember that painting you did on the original Mac?

I do.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Steve Jobs.

Woz.