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Steve Jack, shut the f-up.

Jobs looked just fine to me. He looked like he had lost a healthy amount of weight though, which is a good thing.

Thank you, SteveJack. I've been wrestling with this since I saw the keynote.

I thought it was just my paranoid side getting the better of me, but I suspected this also.

I pray all is well.

Wow, Lets hope Steve is not ill. He is looking thin and gaunt to me as well. Maybe it's just stress and age, still not good. I can only imagine his stress filled life everyday.

He may have been tired, he may have had a bug, he may have just lost weight, it may be nothing at all. I'm sure if something is wrong he'll have been to a doctor and if it is bad then we'll find out just like we did before. There's even less reason to speculate about this than there is to speculate about all these amazing products Apple is supposed to be launching each week.

He is giving other time at the keynote because he has to slowly evaluate his successor.

The gaunt-bearded look took me by surrpise. I'll blissfully assume that the man is under alot of pressure: Pixar, Disney, Apple and the latest stock grant irregularities.
Stay well Steve!

It worries me to read in print the same thing I suspected...why the tag team? why the noticable weight loss? (why the French man?)

My friend went on a honeymoon earlier this year in Maui. On a day hike at one of the islands scenic spots he came across Steve and family exploring the terrain...Steve on a vacation I would assume.

Speculation of sickly Steve, Steve laid up in a bed, gathering enough strength to give a keynote IS JUST RIDICULOUS.

Ill or not, taking attention away from him and placing it primarily on Apple's products is a good move. At some point, the torch will have to be passed. Better sooner than later, while he can groom the up-and-comers. Do people expect him to be 103 years old giving keynotes? "And one more thing... I can't find my glasses."

Although I've thought the same thing, I think the tag-team keynote was just a way of not forcing the CEO to have to spend and hour and a half going through a memorized software demostration. I do think he finally realized that a lot of what he does at these things (e.g. showing off new iMovie templates) is beneath him.

Save Steve for the big announcements.

I'm a bit tired of reading about Steve's health because he looks absolutely fine to me and I have no reason to suspect he's unwell just because he has dropped a few pounds. Yes, the keynote was a little different than others, but not hugely because Steve has often stepped aside to let other people demonstrate the more techy demos. Steve loves showing off the consumer side of things and that seems to be his passion.

So I think we should all stop going on about this. He looked good and healthy to me! Let's focus on the cool stuff: Leopard is going to kick Vista's ass!

I was Thinking the same question. He did look thin, and everything. I hope he isnt sick, he is like a GOD to most of us Apple Faithful.

that is the exactly samething i have though when i saw steve came out the stage. but after a couple min, i think he is just fine, he was using his own tone, made joke...etc. Also he keep socalize with press and developer after the keynote. base on overall, he is fine, he may just start to workout and become a health man, so teh he can keep running the Apple for more years.

I have watched every Steve Jobs keynote since his return to Apple.

I was so excited to learn about Leopard, I did not notice at first.

Then when I watched the presentation the second time around I noticed Steve's weight loss.

Plus, my wife noticed the missing "sparkle".

I wish Steve well. If he needs to leave Apple, either for fun or for health, Apple will be just fine.

People tend to think they know celebrities. I don't know Steve Jobs. But he has been an inspiration for me. His attention to detail, his presentation, his entrepreneurship, his vision, his leadership.

Lets be positive and hope everything is ok.

Speaking as a bit of podgester, I think Steve looks good.

He's probably back to the weight he was in the early Eighties, but subjectively it just looks worse because a) we're all a little paranoid since he had the health scare and b) because he doesn't have the hair he did when he was in his mid-twenties.

As for the keynote tag-team, maybe he's mellowing in his middle age and has decided to de-emphasise the SPJ personality cult which, at times, makes anything going on in North Korea look quite normal and reasonable.

I noticed it too and thought the same thing. Could just be that Apple wants to get people used to seeing others speak since SJ is getting older, and busier, so probably needs to slow down a bit. Also, it was WWDC, so developers are more interested in hearing from some of the guys who make Apple tick. Agree that Phil Schiller and Bertrand Serlet were not great presenters, but Scott Forstall did a great job of filling Jobs' large shoes.

I thought he looked thinner but I don't know about sick. Although I did hear him stumble a few times and struggle to find words. Maybe he was just sick like with a cold or something bad for breakfast. I sure hope he isn't sick.

A man's health is between him and his doctor - nobody else. If you're worried about the health of a CEO of a company you've got money in, well that's just one of the inevitable risks that come with investing. Steve Jobs doesn't owe anyone an explanation about his health.

He's not sick, he's a vegan. This is what people who don't eat enough protein look like. This is also what people look like who don't consume fast food.

ROZ HO ON ACID!!!!!

Thought I'd get around to watching the video of the presentation sooner or later. Looks like it's gonna be sooner: THIS I GOTTA SEE!!!!

Personally, I think most vegetarians look sickly most of the time.

There has been a change, but it probably is mainly due to stress. I my own, relativley small, business and am accountable only to myself. Even so, when I have business problems I look the same way Steve does. With the hours he must put in normally, plus the added burden of the whole stock potion thing, I'm not surprised he is a bit worn.

Fame and fortune do normally come at a personal price.

Steve Jobs is fine.


Regarding the tag-team: We will be seeing less and less of Steve at future keynotes. Too much emphasis and attention is brought to STEVE's presentation. Apple needs to think about the future when STEVE is no longer here. They are grooming successors. Showing the public that it is a KEYNOTE and not a STEVENOTE.

BTW: Try using the same saturation setting on both photos and Steve's facial color will look the same.

SteveJackoff, shut the fsck up. Don't you know he's on the Lindsay Lohan diet? Jesus!

That thought had crossed my mind as well. However he acted like the "normal" Steve we all know. Perhaps Apple's Board finally convinced Steve to introduce a few more of Apple's "Brain Trust", to demonstrate that there is more to Apple than just his "Steveness". I thought Scott Forstall did a good job. He has a lot of Steve qualities. Perhaps he might take the reigns long into the future when Steve decides to retire and actually have time to use all of his company's cool products.

You know, maybe he's just getting older. People do start to look older after awhile. Yeah.... it happens.
:/

Thinner yes, but beyond that his health is nobody's business but his own. The Frenchman was fine to listen to. I don't understand how some people on this thread say they couldn't understand him. I could understand him better than I can Snoop-Dog.

Man, easy on the English as a second language people. Who said everyone should be All American Wonder Bread White?

But yeah, I noticed the weight loss too... Steve is a vegetarian and I figure with his health he probably is just altering his diet.

Speaking as a physician, he does look thinner than 2005. The facial fat and loss of pectoralis muscle architecture is apparent. This is NOT a very good sign especially with his history of cancer. I'm sure his weight loss is being closely followed by his doctors but I agree this may be an important finding. Only time will tell on it's implication.

Scott Forstall did a great job speaking. Phil Schiller is a horrible public speaker, he looks awkward and artificial.

I personally think Steve looked OK, if a little on the thin side.

What I'm really growing annoyed at though is the constant French bashing here at MDN. Give it a rest! Bertrand Serlet's presentation almost stole the show. It was great.

Such a comment from SteveJack is unfortunately typical of my countrymen (Americans) these days. This "America or nothing" attitude is why most of the civilized (and uncivilized) world doesn't respect us anymore. Put a cork in it, for cryin' out loud! /

I certainly hope and pray that he is fine. He does look a little worse of to me than a year ago, but he is a 61 year old man who has had pancreatic cancer already, I would not expect him to be looking better. He sees to have plenty of energy, though he looks thinner, I think his color looks better than a year ago.

I do not see enough of a change to be worried, but as I said I pray just in case.

I agree, he looks sick and frail. I know what "lean and fit" looks like and this ain't it. Scott Forstall is skinny, but not unhealthy, for instance.

For some reason, nitwits will now translate this observation as I am "hoping" he is sick. Far from it.

Sh*theads, I'm a realist, not a fool, or an ostrich with my head in the sand. The man seems ill.</preemptive defense>

If the highly odd tag-team keynote helps him, great.

But I love Apple. I love Macintosh. I love Steve Jobs. But Apple cannot be a cult of personality forever. We need to remember Apple is not one or two or 3 people, but thousands.

Let's ease off the hero worship before we get bit in the ass by Fate.

Actually, it's too late, the public and investors already equate Apple = Steve Jobs — so we are doomed unless Apple can build a great leadership team publicly that will give people confidence in a Post-Steve Apple — however far away that is, and let's hope it's an eternity away.

Steve, thank you for carring.

Don't worry man, I just stayed all night watching movies on my iPhone.

If I will have a heart attack or something, I guess a lot of shereholders will do the same. So I'm going to run an extra mile just for you guys.

best vibes,
steve jobs

Steve is a couple years younger than me. When I look at the picture, I see a fifty-ish man who has lost a little weight and gotten a tan, and didn't have enough sleep the night before.

If I hadn't been neglecting my daily walks out in the sun and if I had stayed up all night, I'd look just like that.

I'm sure that Steve put in extra hours the day before honing his presentation. In your 50s, you can't lose sleep without showing it. I know that from personal experience.

This is something which the board of directors (and Steve) should have been dealing with some time ago...but I wonder if they have. That is to say, one of the responsibilities of a CEO, and a board, is to have a succession plan. As a corporation, there must be a plan for the continued leadership of the business should the present leadership no longer be available for any reason. The failure to do so puts the business at great risk so, yes, you should be concerned, very concerned indeed as a shareholder.

people at their normal weight always look "unhealthy", as this society thinks overweight looks "good". He looks fine to me, just back to his normal weight, plus, we're all getting older.

Bobby,

He's 51, not 61.

What worries me more is his performance rather than his appearance. It lacked conviction and - yet again - he lost his train of thought on a couple of occasions and had to look things up in his notes while he hummed and hawed a bit. He's been doing this at just about every demo he's been involved with since the UK launch of iTunes, which AFAIK was just around the time of his diagnosis.
Poor presentations aren't unusual, but this is Steve Jobs we're talking about, perhaps the best salesman in the world. Something is wrong.

Not to mention that last year Steve was probably still on his meds which will add weight.

gow is right on.....

our country has this looking at people through "Cracker Barrel" glasses thing going: eating too much along with the other the fat white people

He did look a lot thinner, but I doubt that he's sick though.
Last year and this first 6 months have been really busy for the guy... transition to 10.5, Intel, some rev.A problems annd a bunch of other programs. Not to mention the big amount of lawsuits: "slavery" in china, new law in France and possibly Sweden and co.

I think he overdid it a little bit lately, and that shows.

He sure looked gaunt to me. Say a prayer for him and all of us.

Im vegan. Steve jobs is pescatarian. just for those people that dont know, pescatarians eat more or less a traditional vegetarian diet,ie, vegies and dairy products, but they also eat fish.



Vegans eat no animal products. So theres a fair difference.

Here's the fix:

1. Shave
2. Wear something else

Steve has all the misfits, nonconformists, weirdos, freaks, etc., and will not lose them if he sheds the grungy jeans. Where are they going to go?

If he really wants to build market share, he needs to recognize that his appearance makes him and his products look like they are aiming for a tiny market of customers as described above.

Not considering his over-abundant beard to hide the non-existing cheeks :(

paragraph 3: "He looks very thin, almost gaunt"

paragraph 7: "He's not "thin," just noticeably thinner than he was recently."

Backpedaling? Whatever, man.

I agree with 'gow'--he's probably at his optimal weight, which translates as "too thin" in the U.S.

What a dumbass commentary.

Steve is not in good condition, and hasn't been for a year or more. Watch the video closely, you can see that he's having difficulty walking, but trying hard to hide it.
Attn: Steve, -way over yang!

"Boy, sometimes I wish he'd just let loose and have a nice steak once and awhile"

What's up Jack? You working for MS? This WOULD kill him. Meat really isn't the best thing for the human body. Get your facts straight.

I noticed his slimmer look when he was interviewed on NBC Nightly News on the opening day of the new Apple Store 5th Ave. in New York:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fy12GtdDw8s

I can't tell from that picture. Does Steve have a tan or is he jaundiced? This is dumb.