Steve Jobs

Isaacson draws attention to the complicated relationship between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Discuss the role of this relationship in Jobs’s trajectory at the helm of Apple, citing specific examples from the text to support your response.

While Isaacson highlights the many qualities of Jobs’s that made him a genius, he also accentuates his flaws and shortcomings. What does Isaacson ultimately convey about the cost of genius?

Which of Jobs’s products is the clearest representation of his own identity as an individual? Support your answer with direct evidence from the text.