Bob Mansfield, Apple's SVP of Hardware Engineering, to Retire

A big loss to Apple. I guess he'll see them through iPhone 5 (and maybe the other new thing that's coming for Q4) and then head into the sunset.

When I was at Apple a good friend asked Eddie Cue what it was like during the dark days (pre-Jobs return). He said it was still stocked with some bright people who were suffocated by crummy management. Bob joined in 1999 and set about changing that. Never met him, but I don't know anyone with a bad word to say about him.

Am I the only one hoping his retirement leads to a second career doing voiceover work?

I hadn't seen this closing paragraph before: "Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad."

When did they switch out the "Apple ignited the personal computer revolution..."?

Steven Sinofsky is head of Microsoft Windows, the best-selling and most profitable operating system with 80% marketshare among all devices, and that's before they launch a new desktop and mobile operating system.

Dan Riccio will be head of Apple Hardware Engineering, which make the best-selling and most profitable hardware for phones and tablets, along with best-selling, best-designed, and most-profitable laptops, whether you want to install Windows or run Mac OS X.

Interesting to know that in Apple vs Microsoft, Hardware vs Software, the heads of these franchises are both alumni of UMass Amherst.

Looks like he escaped his remaining pair of $58M golden handcuffs. Well done! Enjoy!

…and will be granted an additional 100,000 shares in 2014 should he stay with company… – http://www.macrumors.com/2011/04/27/apple-svp-bob-mansfield-...

I am in shock. He doesn't seem like a guy that would retire at such a young age. He's such a workaholic that I thought he would work well into his 70s. =\

The last 5 years must have been a thrilling but exhausting ride for him. Wishing him a nice retirement.

UT grad - Hook ’em Bob. Thanks for your contributions to some great technologies. ~..~

Bob was the most likable guy from all the public Apple guys for me, YMMV.

(Not comparing with Jobs etc -- just talking about "likable person" factor).

Oh fuck. We are completely utterly, fucking, fucked.