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There was, for example, the case of the screws that held the handles on the Power Mac G4.
有一次，蘋果需要為Power Mac G4制作用來固定提手的螺絲。
Ive decided that they should have a certain polish and shape.
艾弗認為這些螺絲也應該進行拋光和塑形。
But Rubinstein thought that would be "astronomically" costly and delay the project for weeks, so he vetoed the idea.
但魯賓斯坦認為，這樣做的成本將是“天文數字”，而且會將項目推延數周，于是否決了這個想法。
His job was to deliver products, which meant making trade-offs.
他的工作是提供產品，也就意味著有權衡決策的權力。
Ive viewed that approach as inimical to innovation,
艾弗認為這種做法不利于創新，
so he would go both above him to Jobs and also around him to the midlevel engineers.
于是直接越過魯賓斯坦找到喬布斯，同時還繞過他聯系中級工程師。
"Ruby would say, 'You can't do this, it will delay,' and I would say, 'I think we can,'" Ive recalled.
“魯比會說，不能這么做，會拖延工期。我就說，我覺得可以。”艾弗回憶道。
"And I would know, because I had worked behind his back with the product teams."
“我也確實知道可以，因為我已經背著他找過產品團隊。”
In this and other cases, Jobs came down on Ive's side.
在這次和其他事件中，喬布斯都站在艾弗這邊。
At times Ive and Rubinstein got into arguments that almost led to blows.
有時，艾弗和魯賓斯坦互不相讓，幾乎大打出手。
Finally Ive told Jobs, "It's him or me." Jobs chose Ive.
最后，艾弗跟喬布斯說：“選我還是他。”喬布斯選擇了艾弗。
By that point Rubinstein was ready to leave.
至此，魯賓斯坦已經準備離開。
He and his wife had bought property in Mexico, and he wanted time off to build a home there.
他和妻子在墨西哥購置了一處地產，他想休息一段時間，在那兒建造一個家。
He eventually went to work for Palm, which was trying to match Apple's iPhone.
后來，他進入奔邁公司工作，該公司想要與蘋果公司的iPhone競爭。
Jobs was so furious that Palm was hiring some of his former employees that he complained to Bono,
對于奔邁公司聘請自己的前員工，喬布斯十分憤怒，開始向波諾抱怨，
who was a cofounder of a private equity group, led by the former Apple CFO Fred Anderson,
波諾是一家私人股本集團的聯合創始人，該集團由蘋果公司前首席財務官弗雷德·安德森掌管，
that had bought a controlling stake in Palm.
并持有奔邁公司的控股權。
Bono sent Jobs a note back saying, "You should chill out about this.
波諾給喬布斯回信道：“你應該淡定點兒。
This is like the Beatles ringing up because Herman and the Hermits have taken one of their road crew."
你這樣就好像披頭士因為赫爾曼的隱士樂隊帶走了自己的巡演工作人員而發毛一樣。”
Jobs later admitted that he had overreacted.
喬布斯后來承認自己反應過度。
"The fact that they completely failed salves that wound," he said.
“他們的徹底失敗減輕了這件事造成的傷害。”他說。
