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Jobs's passion for perfection was out of control.
喬布斯對于完美的熱情已然失控。
When he noticed a tiny line in the chassis caused by the molds,
當(dāng)他注意到模具在機箱底盤上留下的微小細紋時，
something that any other computer maker would accept as unavoidable,
而這種微小瑕疵是其他任何計算機制造商都能接受的
he flew to Chicago and convinced the die caster to start over and do it perfectly.
他就會飛到芝加哥，說服鑄模工人重鑄，直到完美。
"Not a lot of die casters expect a celebrity to fly in," noted one of the engineers.
“大部分鑄模工人都想不到會有名人專程飛來找自己。”一位工程師指出。
Jobs also had the company buy a $150,000 sanding machine to remove all lines where the mold faces met
喬布斯還讓這家公司購買了一臺價值15萬美元的砂光機，用來去除模具面相交處的所有細紋。
and insisted that the magnesium case be a matte black, which made it more susceptible to showing blemishes.
喬布斯堅持鎂合金外殼應(yīng)該是亞光黑色，而這樣，如果有瑕疵就會更明顯。
Jobs had always indulged his obsession that the unseen parts of a product should be crafted as beautifully as its fasade,
喬布斯一直認為，產(chǎn)品看不見的地方也應(yīng)該和露在外面的部分一樣精美，
just as his father had taught him when they were building a fence.
就像他的父親會用一塊上好木材做衣柜的背面一樣。
This too he took to extremes when he found himself unfettered at NeXT.
當(dāng)他發(fā)現(xiàn)自己在NeXT可以不受約束時，就任由自己在這方面走向極端。
He made sure that the screws inside the machine had expensive plating.
喬布斯要求機器內(nèi)部的螺絲一定要有昂貴的鍍層，
He even insisted that the matte black finish be coated onto the inside of the cube's case, even though only repairmen would see it.
甚至堅持把立方體的內(nèi)部也涂成亞光黑色，即便只有維修人員才能看得到。
Joe Nocera, then writing for Esquire, captured Jobs's intensity at a NeXT staff meeting:
喬·諾切拉當(dāng)時為《君子》雜志寫稿，記述了喬布斯在NeXT員工會議上前強烈表現(xiàn)：
It's not quite right to say that he is sitting through this staff meeting,
如果說他坐著開完了員工會議，就不太準(zhǔn)確，
because Jobs doesn't sit through much of anything; one of the ways he dominates is through sheer movement.
因為喬布斯從來沒有耐著性子坐到會議結(jié)束。他控制局面的途徑之一就是不斷地動來動去。
One moment he's kneeling in his chair; the next minute he's slouching in it;
這一刻他還跪在自己的椅子上，下一分鐘就懶散地窩在椅子里，
the next he has leaped out of his chair entirely and is scribbling on the blackboard directly behind him.
過了一會兒又干脆跳出椅子，開始在身后的黑板上亂涂亂畫。
