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Spoot: Spotted Early keeps Steve Jobs in one place: 4 stories so far. The section currently leads with “I keep forgetting the MacBook Pro has a touchscreen”, “New Balance Turns Jobs's Favorite Sneaker Into a Trail-Ready Throwback”, and “John Ternus is making Apple weird again and twelve new designs prove it”. I keep forgetting the MacBook Pro has a touchscreen, which is honestly the most Apple thing about it. Steve Jobs wore the New Balance 990 like a uniform, quiet, functional, built to last. Spoot: Spotted Early New things, caught while they're still new and a little weird. Spoot finds fresh gadgets, clever inventions, crowdfunding campaigns,… The list below is every Steve Jobs story on Spoot: Spotted Early, newest first.
I keep forgetting the MacBook Pro has a touchscreen
I keep forgetting the MacBook Pro has a touchscreen, which is honestly the most Apple thing about it. For a week, I've been testing this new 16-inch PROLED Pro, and my brain keeps circling back to the slimmer design, the improved display, that Dynamic Island. Then I remember: I can just reach out and poke the glass. Steve Jobs said touch laptops were a bad idea. A subset of users demanded one anyway. Apple delivered, but not in the obvious way. It's a quiet rebellion, buried in a machine that otherwise feels like a familiar friend. That tension is the razor clam here. If you like your tech with a side of historical irony, this one's for you.
New Balance Turns Jobs's Favorite Sneaker Into a Trail-Ready Throwback
Steve Jobs wore the New Balance 990 like a uniform, quiet, functional, built to last. Now that same silhouette is getting muddy. New Balance has taken Jobs's favorite sneaker and turned it into a trail-ready throwback, swapping pavement for packed dirt without losing the original's blocky, early-90s soul. The question is whether a shoe famous for being comfortable on concrete can find its footing on loose rock. I'm curious about the outsole. A good tread pattern is a razor clam detail, easy to scroll past, impossible to unsee once you know what to look for. If you like brands that quietly mutate their own classics, you'll also want to read about Final's Porta headphones, a single wire and 40 grams, making headphones nearly vanish.
John Ternus is making Apple weird again and twelve new designs prove it
John Ternus is making Apple weird again, and twelve new designs prove it. Fifteen years of polished arrivals, of showing up late with the best snacks, gone. Under Ternus, Apple has shipped twelve new designs in six weeks, and they don't feel like committee decisions. They feel like someone finally asked what if the thing had a hinge that made you stop, or a material that shouldn't work but does. I love it. This is the Apple that used to burrow into your curiosity and stay there. It helps that the new Citroën 2CV concept is doing something similar on wheels, reinventing a classic as a tiny electric roll-top, weird and wonderful. Ternus isn't polishing a legacy; he's prying it open.
Steve Jobs' favorite sneaker just got 20 percent easier to love
There's a quiet thrill in watching a classic get a little more attainable. British retailer End is selling a premium version of the Made in USA 992, Steve Jobs' favorite sneaker, and it's 20 percent easier to love because it's 20 percent cheaper. That's it. That's the footnote that beats the marketing copy. The 992 never needed hype; it just needed to be worn. So seeing a solid discount on a sturdy, heritage-heavy shoe feels like the universe finally cutting a break to people who appreciate a good heel counter. It's not a flashy deal, and that's exactly why it works. If you're circling back for something with wheels, our Schwinn's Hurricane return pairs nicely with this kind of sensible savings.