Hard disagree. Jobs polished things that already existed. They were never on the bleeding edge of hardware design and manufacturing when it comes to actual performance and capability.
Hard disagree with your disagree.
Apple was saved because it abandoned all its pre-1997 software and adopted NEXTSTEP, which Jobs created.
Right, and he had the knowledge to know that consumers don't care about that stuff. So we got iPhones with excellent usability instead of windows phones with HD displays.