First of all, Ubuntu (Linux) reserves buffers “just in case” (for streams, files, etc.). This unused memory seems taken but it can actually be reclaimed at any time if needed. Was that taken into account?

Then, it seems Windows is built by stacking new features on top of old ones. For example, if you look at how updates work, to go from, say, version 15 to 20, it asks you to update to 16, then 17 it can’t jump directly from 15 to 20, and often a reboot is required between two updates. It’s almost as if no one at Microsoft wants to maintain the older parts of the system anymore. It’s very likely that a good number of memory allocations would no longer be necessary if the older layers were removed or reworked. I’d be really surprised if, when comparing RAM usage between a freshly booted Ubuntu and Windows system (with no applications running), Ubuntu ended up using more.

yet he merely continued the trajectory set by the others.

Steve Jobs wasn’t the engineer, that’s true. But combining vision, design sense, and business execution is its own form of talent. Without that, even the best engineering often goes nowhere.

Wow, that Epstein guy must have been incredible ; he shows up in practically every Slashdot post. Talk about a busy résumé!

The video and its “old-school” effects from Tim Cook, meant to represent the different products since the beginning, does not do justice to Apple, let alone to Steve Jobs’ talent.

Was R&D, hardware, salaries... taken into account?
A pizza costs even less that $0.50...

You call that a ring?

uh maybe the law in Italy is not the same as yours in your country (e.g. the US)

Kubrick did better than that

Maybe they'll reuse the same footage

the fool looks at the finger

Miles Davis, OK, but when it comes to science, kilometers please.

Do you really think T-man cares?

"Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me”