In the following video, Motley Fool analyst Austin Smith takes a question about Apple (AAPL 0.29%) from a Fool reader, who asks, "The last time Steve Jobs left Apple, things never got better until he returned. Is there any real reason to think this time is different?"
Ask a Fool: Is It Different This Time With Apple?
By austin smith – May 10, 2013 at 5:00PM
NASDAQ: AAPL
Apple
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Why do we think that Apple's performance without Steve Jobs will be any different this time than the last time he left the company?
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