But I remember hearing a story about a decision to test the Macintosh graphical user interface that I think says a lot about what made Steve Jobs different.

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And, two decades ago, that was certainly the case when Apple paired up a quirky all-in-one computer with a breakthrough graphical user interface for the original Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984.

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His visions have included creating one of the first personal computers, commercializing the graphical user interface on the first Macintosh, bringing design to computing with the iMac, and developing the iPod.

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They took the VCs' money and ran: The graphical user interface went to Apple and appeared in the Lisa and the Macintosh, ethernet went to the startup 3Com, and the digital-printing language was snapped up by Adobe Systems.

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