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    1) Woz and Steve have a disagreement over whether computers should be customizable by users like hobbyists want, or have a closed system design with end-to-end control by the creator as Steve wants for the Mac. 2) They reference the success of the Apple II, which Woz says sold hundreds of thousands of units due to add-ons like VisiCalc enabled by expansion slots, while Steve wants to launch the Mac without acknowledging the 7-year-old Apple II product. 3) Though their friendship is strained by the disagreement, they resolve to not let it be ruined and to give Steve full credit for the Mac launch while Woz acknowledges it is Steve's computer.

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    1) Woz and Steve have a disagreement over whether computers should be customizable by users like hobbyists want, or have a closed system design with end-to-end control by the creator as Steve wants for the Mac. 2) They reference the success of the Apple II, which Woz says sold hundreds of thousands of units due to add-ons like VisiCalc enabled by expansion slots, while Steve wants to launch the Mac without acknowledging the 7-year-old Apple II product. 3) Though their friendship is strained by the disagreement, they resolve to not let it be ruined and to give Steve full credit for the Mac launch while Woz acknowledges it is Steve's computer.

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    Ext. Lawn - Same Time

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    1) Woz and Steve have a disagreement over whether computers should be customizable by users like hobbyists want, or have a closed system design with end-to-end control by the creator as Steve wants for the Mac. 2) They reference the success of the Apple II, which Woz says sold hundreds of thousands of units due to add-ons like VisiCalc enabled by expansion slots, while Steve wants to launch the Mac without acknowledging the 7-year-old Apple II product. 3) Though their friendship is strained by the disagreement, they resolve to not let it be ruined and to give Steve full credit for the Mac launch while Woz acknowledges it is Steve's computer.

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    WOZ

    I think it went without saying that people would rather flip a switch
    than, you know, burn whale oil. Let me explain this world to you. Serious
    users--
    STEVE
    Which world are you explaining?
    WOZ
    My world.
    STEVE
    You live on the Planet Wozniak.
    WOZ
    Serious users want to customize and modify, they want to jack it up, they
    want hardware engineers like me to expand its capabilities, okay?
    Keyboards for music, better sound boards, better display boards--
    CUT BACK TO:
    EXT. LAWN - SAME TIME
    WOZ
    And it’s why there are 3000 people here today.
    QUICK CUT TO:
    INT. GARAGE - SAME TIME
    WOZ
    --improved memory cards, they want ports!
    STEVE
    They don’t get a vote. When Dylan wrote “Shelter From the Storm” he didn’t
    ask people to contribute to the lyrics. Plays don’t stop so the playwright
    can ask the audience what scene they’d like to see next. A painter--
    WOZ
    Hobbyists--
    STEVE
    We are on the verge of a tectonic-- hobbyists?!--a printer and a modem,
    two slots.
    CUT BACK TO:
    EXT. LAWN - SAME TIME
    WOZ
    The slots are what allowed the Apple II to run, for just one example,
    VisiCalc, which my guess single-handedly sold between two and three-
    hundred thousand machines.
    STEVE
    The Apple II team has my affection but I’m not loving up a seven year old
    product at the Mac launch.
    QUICK CUT TO:
    INT. GARAGE - SAME TIME
    WOZ
    Computers aren’t paintings.
    STEVE
    Fuck you. I’m gonna say fuck you every time you say that until you either
    die or stop. Try it.
    WOZ
    Steve--
    STEVE
    Say it.
    WOZ
    Computers aren’t paintings.
    STEVE
    over
    Fuck you. Yes they are and what I want is a closed system. End to end
    control. Completely incompatible with anything.
    WOZ
    Computers aren’t supposed to have human flaws. Why would we want to incept
    this one with yours?
    The two friends look at each other silently...
    STEVE
    pause
    This shouldn’t ruin our friendship.
    WOZ
    Nothing’s gonna ruin our friendship but if something did it wouldn’t be
    the number of slots on a machine, right?
    CUT BACK TO:
    EXT. LAWN - SAME TIME
    Some stragglers are making their way into the building and one of them
    spots the two Steves--
    STRAGGLER
    shouting
    Hey! Steve and Steve!
    They give a wave--
    STEVE
    The Apple II is yours, I give you full credit.
    WOZ
    Thank you. But they need credit on this occasion and it’ll take 30
    seconds, two minutes tops--
    They head back through the doors and into--
    INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS
    STEVE
    Today is about the Macintosh and the Mac is mine.
    WOZ
    I give you that.
    STEVE
    Thank you

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