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27 · Friday, October 21, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com Will it be easy to keep the Steve Jobs legacy thriving? be in the `Fortune 500' in By Avril McAmmond Grade 9, T. A. Blakelock High School less than two years. The first Mac was rom iMacs, to iPods, Pixar introduced with a price animation, iPads and iPhones, tag of $2,494, but by the not to mention the thinnest time the first Apple comdesktop computers in the world, puters were being sold, you may know or not know the the second Apple computer model was already genius behind all of this. The late Steve Jobs was the per- being created. They knew that this son who had the determination and perseverance to change our world computer would be a in a way no one else could have breakthrough and they were right. done. The Apple 2 changed It all started in the garage of f Jobs's parents house in San personal computing and Francisco, California, with a part- was revolutionary around the world. ner, Steve Wozniak. The company started On July 24, 1984, they released the first Mac, with the help of an to grow very fast and after four years when investor named Mike Markkula. It was Markkula who invested Jobs was only 25 years $250,000 in their business and old, he was worth more assured them their company would than $200 million. F amazing size, looks, simplicity and, of course, its portability. It is easy for people of all ages to use and they kept remodeling it, changing the design and always making the next edition better than the one before. Today in my art class, I took an unscientific survey and I asked my peers whether or not they had an Apple product with them at the moment, either an iPod or an iPhone... it didn't Over the years, new make a difference. products like iPods, lapIt turned out to be that tops and iPads emerged, 20 out 24 students had an making Apple even more successful. The iPod was the biggest breakthrough, though, because of its Apple product right there with them. It is said that our generation is the most technologically savvy generation. Yet I know many twoyear-olds who know just as much as I do about iPads and iPods. These young children know how to turn it on, run apps and play games already. So it just goes to show that Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak have changed our world in many ways and they have already changed generations to come. Today, Apple is worth hundreds of billions of dollars and the company has accomplished many astonishing things. It has made technology easy to use, exciting and beautiful. However, will the company be able to live on without Steve Jobs? Or will all the amazing young technological minds in Cupertino continue to interpret and create even more amazing technological innovations, and keep the Steve Jobs legacy alive? The Regional Municipality of Halton www.halton.ca Speak up! You can comment on any story in today's Oakville Beaver at oakvillebeaver.com NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION European Engineering Combined With Traditional Workmanship Proposed Sanitary Sewer and Forcemain on Dundas Street (Regional Road 5) from 300 m east of Towne Boulevard to Oak Park Boulevard, Town of Oakville · · · $UFKLWHFWXUDO 'HVLJQ &RQVXOWLQJ 0DQDJHPHQW &XVWRP KRPHV $GGLWLRQV 5HQRYDWLRQV 5HVLGHQWLDO &RPPHUFLDO ,QGXVWULDO ZZZMDQVHQFRQVXOWLQJFD LQIR#MDQVHQFRQVXOWLQJFD 7HO "Building on the Brightest Ideas Around Glass" 905.849.0266 ! r on 26 ou se ber sit u to Vi Ho Oc n , pe ay O esd n ed W It's not just a school, it's an inspiring community where I am encouraged to dream. My M y dr drea am ms s an and da as asp sp pi ir ra ati to on ns b be ega ega gan her he re e, in in th hi is sv ve ery ry s sc c ch ho ho oo ol. HS ol HSC pr p rov ovi id ded ed me ew wi ith th a s sa afe fe a an nd car cari ca ing g com co mm mun unit ity, ity y, f fu ul ll l of of op pp po ortu rtun rt unit ities itie ie es s, , wh hic ch al ll lo owe w dm me e to de deve vel lop lo op an n u de un ders rsta rst tand tan ndin ng of of w wh ho I am am. - H HS SC G Gr rad r ad a dua uate t Contract Number: Scheduled Start Date: Scheduled Completion Date: Project Manager: S-2747-11 October 2011 June 2012 Brenda Kingsmill ext. 7622 Making Halton a better place to live, work and retire. Gary Carr, r Regional Chair Hillfield Strathallan College is an independent day school for students from Montessori 3 and Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12. Visit us at www.hsc.on.ca. worth it. Call Yes, my child is 905-389-1367 Scott Barton at Please let us know as soon as possible if you will have an accessibility or accommodation need at a Halton Region hosted event or meeting. 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 Dial 311 or 905-825-6000 · Toll Free 1-866-442-5866 · TTY 905-827-9833 · www.halton.ca 211011