While You Were Out: Apple’s Years With and Without Steve Jobs

Sam Grobart looks at what effect the departures of Steven P. Jobs have had on Apple and its products.

Steve Jobs’s announcement on Jan. 14 that he will be taking a medical leave from Apple is not the first time the company will go without his services, as Mr. Jobs was not at Apple from 1985 to 1997. A look at Apple’s products before, during and after that time shows what effect Mr. Jobs has had on the company.

Timeline by NYtimes.com here.