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Manor Garden Centre In appreciation of Steve Jobs and Apple

Cheney Manor, Swindon We couldn’t let the untimely and tragically early death of Apple
01793 526691 Computer founder Steve Jobs pass without comment as his vision
Open 7 days a week back in the day has direct impact on what you’re reading, writes Link
magazine publisher Roger Ogle
CANE Most people will know of Apple nology’ from Apple and the chang-
FURNITURE in its more recent incarnation as ing industry landscape meant that
SALE creators of beautifully designed we could take control of how we
NOW ON and supremely functional mobile produced the magazine at a lower
devices to make phone calls and cost and in less time.
Huge range send email, listen to music, read We’ve been doing much the
Over 250 fabrics books, write books, search web sites same for over 23 years, except we
Cane, Rattan and engage with social networks now use much faster and much
Hardwood combinations electronically. cheaper iMacs. The speed allows us
But The Link was
to do a lot more at the
Free local delivery part of an earlier revo- same time - replying to
w
www.conservatorycentres.co.ukww.conservatorycentres.co.uk lution when Apple email, adding articles
was the fi rst to pro- to www.swindonlink.
duce a graphically com, putting out story
based computer with a announcements on
mouse. Before 1987 The Facebook and Twitter.
Link was a newsletter Much has been writ-
created using a type- ten and said about
writer, cut and pasted Steve Job’s pursuit of
together with a blade perfection and his ge-
and glue, and stick-on nius ability to convince
It’s Autumn. Brighten up your home lettering, a very crude buyers that Apple offer
time consuming and
must-have products
with a rainbow of colours! diffi cult to amend procedure. whilst making shedloads of money.
Jobs once described Apple’s
When we relaunched as a month-
Charisma Blinds - the place for quality and value ly we used a typesetter and graphic aim was to make insanely great
Suppliers of all types of blinds, awnings and shutters artist but by 1988 three inventions products. Whilst we at Swindon
Full fi tting service or cash and carry inspired by Apple made it possible Link can only aspire to that ideal,
Factory showroom open Monday to Thursday 9.30am - 5.30pm to produce the publication in-house we’d like to thank him for giving us
- literally our front room in West the means to produce an excellent
Friday 9.30am - 5pm, Saturday 10am - 4pm Swindon: a faster Macintosh com- read, for, perhaps, far longer than
BSS House, Cheney Manor Ind. Est., Swindon. Tel: 01793 434584 puter with larger screen, the Apple we could have thought of when we
laserwriter and Aldus Pagemaker fi rst started.
desktop publishing software. Speak the news
We were following in the path of
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