When Steve told us he was staying... at the very end of a long speech here in San Francisco... the relief and excitement was indescribable. Grown men wept, people pumped their fists in their air, and a cheer went up that would make a rock star proud. Millions of Mac fans around the world simultaneously thumbed their noses at the Windows-devouring hordes who have predicted our demise since 1984.

But I gotta say not everyone has always been so enamoured of Steve... including myself. I sent him a nasty email a couple years ago when he cancelled the Newton Personal Digital Assistant. Two years later, Apple's PDA is still one of the most advanced handheld devices around... I still use mine every day.... so if there is one thing Steve must do soon it's to launch new handheld that's true to the Apple legacy. It's gotta be simple to use, should work with a Mac, and most important, will let me write in my ownhandwriting. Also, please, Steve, continue Apple's tradition of creating products that LAST. My 1993 Mac -- the one that launched NPR's web site -- is still doing service in Los Alamos, New Mexico helping run a fledgling Day Care center.

But like any good mac fan, I have things still on my wish list.... some other things I'd like to get from Steve: 2:15

- First, bring back the clones! You've done a good job of reintroducing Apple to the concept of innovation and competitive pricing, but we'd all benefit from a few more choices when it comes to hardware.... So let some other manufacturers incorporate the great Mac operating system.

- Next, encourage software developers to make more games for the Mac! Not last year's PC games ported over to the Mac, either. And how about better video cards while you're at it.... Gamers need great video cards.

- And finally, please please please get rid of the ergonomically-suspect round mouse that comes with the new Mac. It looks cool, but its hard to use. Make it wireless, add a couple more buttons to it, it'll be even better.

I'm sure Steve will get right on these things... they're pretty minor things after all.

Some call Steve Jobs an autocrat, or worse, but most of us simply know him as the man who brought the iMac and the iBook to life... and who rewarded our belief in the Mac with even more reasons to bring them home.