Actually, Apple’s “hell freezes over” moment was not the 1997 Macworld keynote
That moment came in October 2003. That’s when Steve Jobs introduced iTunes for Windows and said “Hell froze over.” I was a writer at Apple at the time, so I knew the announcement was coming. I just didn’t expect that puckish headline. (Mr. Jobs had an impish sense of humor. He was also a closet copywriter, and a good one.)
That said, the stylus — uh, I mean the Apple Pencil — is a welcome addition. In the past Apple flirted with the notion of doing away with the mouse as part of its reductionist design ethos. This was alarming.
Apple’s embrace of a stylus tells me two things. One, the company grasps the fact that some of us prefer physical to virtual tools for some tasks. Two, by extension that means the mouse will live a little longer. Cause for celebration, in my book.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/steve-jobs-hell-froze-over-5000155368/
