A Janairu 1997 Macworld Expo, Jobs ya sanar da cewa Apple zai shiga Microsoft don saki sabon juyi na Microsoft Office ga Macintosh, da kuma cewa Microsoft ya sanya wani $ 150 miliyan zuba jari a cikin wadanda ba zabe Apple stock. A Nuwamba 10, 1997, Apple ya gabatar da Apple Store website, wanda aka daura da wani sabon ginawa-to-domin masana'antu dabarun. The NeXT saye da aka kammala a kan Fabrairu 9, 1997, kawo Jobs baya ga Apple a matsayin mai ba da shawara. A Yuli 9, 1997, Amelio aka fitar da kwamitin gudanarwa bayan kula da wani uku-shekara rikodin-low stock farashin da kuma crippling kudi hasarori.
9 ga Yuli, 1997