Konke okuphathelene ne-Apple, eminyakeni yamuva bekuyinto eqoqwayo, ikakhulukazi uma sikhuluma ngamamodeli okuqala owasungulwa yiWozniak noJob emakethe. Kulesi senzakalo, sikhulume ngendali iRR Auction ebisanda kuba nayo, indali lapho izazi zezinganekwane zakwa-Apple zazinethuba lokuthi thola umagazini osayinwe nguSteve Jobs.
Yini ekhetheke kangaka ngomagazini odabukisayo osayinwe nguSteve Jobs? USteve Jobs wayengeyena umuntu owayethanda ukusayina ama-autographs, empeleni isikhathi esiningi wayenqaba, kepha umnikazi wephephabhuku, uWilliams Owayengumakhi wenkampani iLotus Corporation, waphikelela waze waphumelela.
Konke lokhu kwenzeka ngo-1988, emcimbini lapho uSteve Jobs ethula khona ikhompyutha ye-NEXT eyayihanjelwe nguWilliams, owavele wathenga kwaNewsweek lapho kwakuzobonakala khona uJob njengomuntu ovelele esembozweni. Lapho isethulo siphela, uWilliams, ejabule ngesibalo sikaJob, weza kuye ukuze asayine i-autograph, Ukuthola impendulo: Angisayini ama-autographs.
UWilliams, hhayi omfishane noma owenqenayo, futhi ekuphenduleni ukwenqaba, wanxusa uJobs ukuthi abhale okuthile okuvela enhliziyweni yakhe. Imisebenzi yathatha masisha iphephabhuku futhi ubhale "Ngiyakuthanda ukwenza" wasayina ikhophi, kodwa hhayi ngaphambi kokudwebela igama lothando, eliqinisekisa uthando ayenalo lokudala nokuklama.
Phakathi nakho konke lokhu, uWilliams wagcina lo magazini ebhokisini lasebhange waze wezwa ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuthi awumisele bese ethola ingcosana, esesiphenduke ama- $ 50.587. Umagazini okukhulunywa ngawo wakhishwa ngo-Okthoba 24, 1988 kanti ekhasini lakhona singabona insizwa, enezinwele, USteve Jobs uncike ku-NEXT, indalo yakhe yokuqala ngemuva kokushiya i-Apple.