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Apple leads PC World's 50 Best Tech Products of All Time
Everybody likes lists and rankings; there's just something that fascinates people about them, and they're always good for an argument or, as the case may be, selling magazines. Squarely in this latter camp is PC World's list of the Best 50 Tech Products of All Time, which editor Harry McCracken writes in to tell us features seven Apple products, more than any other singe company. These are:- #2 - Apple II (1977)
- #6 - iPod (2001)
- #14 - Mac Plus (1986)
- #21 - iTunes 4 (2003)
- #30 - OS X (2001)
- #34 - Original Airport Base Station (1999)
- #41 - Hypercard (1987)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Adam Yellin said 4:35PM on 4-02-2007
They screwed up putting Windows 95 above OSX, there's no comparison. OSX was revolutionary, Windows was a mere bad copy.
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Joe said 4:46PM on 4-02-2007
Adam, in the PC world, Windows 95 was revolutionary. Sure, the idea of a desktop with the system appearing as an icon in the top corner was not unique (having been in MacOS and Amiga's Workbench for years before), but it was a huge leap from the MS-DOS/Windows 3.11 systems that came before. You have to remember what the computing world was like back then to appreciate it.
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Aron Trimble said 4:48PM on 4-02-2007
One commenter at the article's page mentioned the optical mouse. I agree - that should have definitely been on there! And come on, Netscap Navigator being "better" than the Apple II - the first real PERSONAL computer... That list needs help!
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onesam said 6:26AM on 4-03-2007
where's the Newton? OK, so it didn't have the immediate impact that it might have, but it's been a big influence on myriad technologies since. Clearly the ubiquitous PDA is it's direct descendent, but mobile phones, laptops, and a whole stack of other things learnt from the Newton.
I'm surprised that the MacPlus made it over the original Macintosh. That was the revolution.
And the floppy disc?
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JeffDM said 3:51PM on 4-03-2007
Yes, the floppy disc was a revolution when compared to paper tape or cards.
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Adam said 6:30PM on 4-05-2007
Hey guys, I wouldn't sweat the list too much. It was so poorly researched they called the 3dfx Voodoo3 and the Sony Mavica some of the best/most important tech products of all time. I mean, seriously? Voodoo3 brought about the end for 3dfx it was so poor in comparison to nVidia's TNT2 and the Sony Mavica is just another digital camera with a cryptic model number.
The entire list is flawed, so I wouldn't puff my chest too much about how well Apple did on it.
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