I personally like Jobs and love the products he has brought us. I've owned at least a dozen PCs, on my desk at work is a Toshiba and a Gateway laptop running on 28" Dell monitors so i do use windows extensively and can honestly say I hate them. But gotta make the best out of what the company gives me. My MacBook, PowerBook, and Imac at home blow away any PC I've ever used. The form and functionality can't be beat. My Powerbook from 1999 is still as crisp and fast today as when i first bought it, incidentally none of my Mac's have ever crashed, frozen, or not worked perfectly not even once with absolutely no maintenance.
And please lets debunk the thought of "you can't do anything on a Mac" 15 years ago maybe, but today this myth is propagated by those to stupid to use a mac still clutching to the familiar Windows because anything different that requires a bit of relearning has got to be ignorant.
Gates and Windows to deserve props though for strategic placement and quickly gaining market share. But this is not surprising because as any audioholic can tell you that in the rise of technology the vastly superior product is never the one that seems to "win" and be largely adopted.
Apple without Jobs at the helm? I'm sure they'll be fine. Surely there are enough like minded folks running around Mac HQ that they can continue the legacy.
* as a side note its the introduction of all the third party crap that pokes most of the wholes in Windows.
Closed proprietary = quality control
Not to insinuate in anyway the Microsoft and Windows are evil or total junk. They do a lot and many love them but they're just not the best of whats around. I do however love my Xbox 360, thanks Bill!