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Concerns over Steve Jobs' health resurface

updated 04:40 pm EDT, Tue June 10, 2008

Steve Jobs health

Past concerns for the health of Apple CEO Steve Jobs are resurfacing after his demonstration of the iPhone onstage at the WWDC keynote, with a spokeswoman passing off his mince physique as a "common bug". The Wall Street Journal reports that, in addition to the new iPhone, bloggers and internet news sites are abuzz with talk of whether Jobs is in good health or not. Jobs recently suffered from pancreatic cancer, which was revealed after it was believed to have been treated.

Jobs is largely viewed as irreplaceable at Apple, due to his work with the company, that has since turned it from a minority computing platform, into a widespread electronics company with a constantly growing user base.

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kkingmd
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06/10, 05:42pm | report spam | (1 reply) close Reply |
I thought he looked bad

I was watching the cast and thought, "Gee, Steve looks like he's lost a lot of weight." I'm a physician, but I'm not his. However, he looks... er.... not good. I hope he is going okay.

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06/10, 05:57pm | report spam | close Reply |
Deceiving

At the risk of sounding like a fanatic, I launched his MacWorld presentation in HD quicktime, right next to the one from yesterday (two 19" monitors, side by side). The man may have lost two pounds since January. He also lost a bit of facial hair - he has a 2-day beard, whereas in January he was sporting a 4-day stubble. Other than that, he looks exactly the same.

He is just fine.

Zaren
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06/10, 06:12pm | report spam | close Reply |
Also

He seems to have lost more hair, and what he has left has turned whiter.

jvoskuil
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06/10, 06:19pm | report spam | (2 replies) close Reply |
Definition?

What does "mince physique" mean? I've never heard the phrase, can't figure it out from the context, and can't find anything in any dictionary definition of "mince" that gives a clue. Maybe some kind of regional dialect thing? Can someone help out here?

Hobeaux
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06/10, 06:22pm | report spam | close Reply |
yes but

his balls are as big and brassy as ever.

kerryb
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06/10, 06:36pm | report spam | close Reply |
very upsetting

My heart sunk when I saw a still from the presentation yesterday.

ZinkDifferent
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06/10, 07:09pm | report spam | close Reply |
He's Fine..

...as Vasic pointed out, there is little to no difference from his presentation in January - most people notice the difference from the PR photos floating around, that show a 'fuller' Jobs, and they assume the worst.

Go one year further back:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=275834665

Yeah, he's a bit fuller, but overall not by much. Maybe between 2007 to 2008, he may have lost 5 pounds.

No cause for alarm.

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06/10, 07:10pm | report spam | close Reply |
told you!

Although the only thing I noticed was that he was packing socks.

And couldn't he just be one of those vegan-hippie "I've got to be thin!" types?

Hey, it could be worse. He could look like Ballmer.

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Terminal Illness

I have it on good authority that Steve is afflicted with a slow-developing but ultimately terminal illness. It is most commonly known as "aging." There is no cure.

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06/10, 07:44pm | report spam | close Reply |
Common bug?

I don't know. His appearance and weight doesn't seem to have changed that much since January of this year, but if you compare this year to his keynote presentation in January 2007, he's definitely lost weight:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42858400@N00/sets/72157605547771083/

Hopefully his weight loss is merely the result of a change in eating/diet/exercise/lifestyle habits, and not something scarier.

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06/10, 07:45pm | report spam | close Reply |
Common bug?

I don't know. His appearance and weight doesn't seem to have changed that much since January of this year, but if you compare this year to his keynote presentation in January 2007, he's definitely lost weight:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42858400@N00/sets/72157605547771083/

Hopefully his weight loss is merely the result of a change in eating/diet/exercise/lifestyle habits, and not something scarier.

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06/10, 08:19pm | report spam | close Reply |
Stock Manipulation?

Until Jobs or Apple says otherwise, Jobs is entitled to a presumption of "innocence" = health! And we all should expect no less for and from ourselves!

Every time this kind of speculations came up, I wondered if it's someone trying to drive AAPL down sow that they can buy it for less? And think of how many people will be screwed so that a few could benefit!!!

Rumors are an ugly thing in general, but in case of Jobs, it could easily be a weapon for Stock manipulation! I doubt that Apple can do anything to dispel such rumors, and if they start on that road, it could be a bad thing!

But, even to assume the worst, and Jobs dies, like all of us, someday - I bet that by now Apple has a bunch of "disciples" in it that could run it post Jobs!

Sadly, none of us will live forever, including Steve Jobs! He was, and will always remain the Symbol for All Things Apple!

Lets all wish him WELL, and let's stop the rumors any way possible!

Go AAPL, and to Rumor-ists - GO F-CK YOURSELVES!

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Does Steve have

to fight the wrestlers on TV? Nope.

Its in the brain and he does not suffer from a brain cancer. People remember one of the US presidents suffered from skin cancer on the nose. Did he die of it. Nope.

Steve is doing good and he will continue to.

Remember death is the ultimate Karma and nothing can ever change it. Acceptance of the truth is the best way to live. Steve is the leader today but tomorrow it shall be someone else. Like a household is never broken up when the patriarch is gone the same way Apple Inc. shall continue. Steve alone does not make what we get to buy and use. He has a team and yes he is the able captain who shall be missed when he is gone.

I remember my first boss telling me "However good that you may be but you are not indispensable." Someday someone will replace Steve (like it or not) that is the fact.

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06/10, 09:00pm | report spam | close Reply |
Gaunt... nay, cachectic

To me Steve looked positively cachectic--heck you could even see prominent clavicles (collarbones) under his shirt. Sure, he could just be keeping himself rail thin, but I also wondered about the fact that he didn't do nearly as much of the demonstration as he usually does.

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06/10, 09:08pm | report spam | close Reply |
vegan macrobiotic

Now in my later 30s, over the past year, I returned to my old vegan/organic macrobiotic diet of my 20s. since then, i lost 35 unnecessary pounds and feel great. but, between the people telling me I look great, there are some who ask me, "are you ok?!" I would guess Steve's cancer scare moved him to reaffirm his stricter dietary habits, letting him unload any dead weight.

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06/10, 10:09pm | report spam | close Reply |
"Mince physique"

I second the question of jvoskuil. What kind of journalism is this? Answer: Poor, stupid, amateurish, unacceptable.

dimmer
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06/10, 10:35pm | report spam | close Reply |
If...

Only he'd cut out those damn f***, or at least get it down to one or two per day. Yes I KNOW they are lovely, lovely things: but you must live life to the order of Wall Street not yourself.

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Yes, it's a concern...

Seeing Jobs at the show, someone commented that he was sporting socks. Someone else laughed because they thought the comment meant that Jobs had stuffed his jeans with a sock. I pointed out that such an appearance was merely the result of the man being so incredibly gaunt. But that observation made me start to wonder about why Jobs kept leaving the stage during the presentation, rather than to just stand aside while others presented. To my recollection this is not something that he has done before. He actually "went behind the curtain" at least three times during the show for extended periods of time. Was he resting? Grabbing some oxygen? Or merely checking stock quotes? It's hard to know. But the weight loss and possibly lack of stamina are a concern.

If Jobs has any true love of Apple, he will start openly grooming a successor (or successors--can one normal human replace Steve Jobs?). This will be hard for him because it will require that he open up and relinquish growing amounts of control, which is something he quite simply is inept at doing. Without this though, a sudden loss of Steve Jobs has the potential to greatly damage Apple. That should give investors significant pause.

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Re: Yes, it's a concern

He actually "went behind the curtain" at least three times during the show for extended periods of time.

"Pay no attention to the figure behind the curtain!"

trevc
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06/11, 11:00am | report spam | close Reply |
How about Phil?

When someone's too skinny there's health probs? What about chubby?

I thought that Phil was huffing and puffing at the beginnging of his first appearance, probably from climbing the stairs ... He might need to meet Jenny Craig! ;-)

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Normal...

I talked to several doctors, and they said the procedure jobs went through can have that effect, and it sometimes takes several years to get "back to normal".

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Concerns over Steve Jobs' health resurface

updated 04:40 pm EDT, Tue June 10, 2008

Steve Jobs health

I thought he looked bad

Deceiving

Also

Definition?

yes but

very upsetting

He's Fine..

told you!

Terminal Illness

Common bug?

Common bug?

Stock Manipulation?

Does Steve have

Gaunt... nay, cachectic

vegan macrobiotic

"Mince physique"

If...

Yes, it's a concern...

Re: Yes, it's a concern

How about Phil?

Normal...

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