apple's most influential products

Steve Jobs' most revolutionary Apple products

Guided by the steady hand of co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, Apple has created some of the most influential and boldly designed consumer technology products of the modern era--everything from computer hardware and software to category-defining music players, tablets, and smartphones.

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No, the company's run hasn't been perfect: Apple's striking but overpriced G4 cube Power Mac comes to mind, as does the toylike clamshell iBook and the buttonless Shuffle. … Read more