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Steve Jobs' 1999 Apple pep talk revealed

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Parker Ortolani discovered a rare video of Steve Jobs addressing Apple employees in 1999, just days after the iBook launch. The footage shows Jobs speaking with characteristic confidence about Apple's future, two years after his return to the company and two years before the iPod's debut.

Jobs told employees he knew about upcoming products that would 'rock and roll' the next few years, calling them 'the best stuff I've ever seen.' His prediction proved prescient as Apple went on to revolutionize multiple industries with the iPod, iPhone, and iPad in the following decade.

The video captures Jobs' signature presentation style and unwavering belief in Apple's direction during a pivotal period. His enthusiasm and certainty about the pipeline of innovations offers fascinating perspective on Apple's 50th anniversary, showing how the company's trajectory was already set in motion during this 1999 meeting.