I asked myself the same question and came to the following conclusions: Less turtleneck, less hipsters, more user satisfaction, hardware that actually worked properly, more than a 7% market share, less hype, not another unix clone.
More Sony in the 80's and 90's than Lady Gaga meat hat.
More seriously, I love the dude. I often wonder what would have become of Apple if he had played a more central part.