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macworld.com - 1/23/2009
The six worst Apple products of all time | Editors' Notes
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by Adam C. Engst , Macworld.com Editor’s Note: The Mac is certainly a landmark product, one of the many to make its way out of Cupertino in the last quarter-century. But not everything Apple touches turns to gold. We asked TidBits editor Adam C. Engst to list a half-dozen Apple efforts that ...

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The six all-time worst Apple products
MacDailyNews — ... "Not everything Apple touches turns to gold, " Macworld proclaims. The publication asked TidBits editor Adam C. Engst to list a half-dozen Apple efforts that probably seemed like good ideas at the time. 1. Macintosh IIvi and IIvx 2. Macintosh TV 3. Pippin MacDailyNews Note: Pippin was not an Apple-branded product. So, technically, it belongs on Bandai's worst products list. 4. Power Macintosh 4400 5. Twentieth Anniversary Mac 6. Apple USB Mouse ("hiockey puck") Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: Take 5 off the list, too. It may have been expensive, but it was - ...

ExtraBITS for 26-Jan-09
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... Macworld's Six Worst Mac Products Ever -- As part of Macworld's 25th anniversary issue, Adam wrote an article about what he feels are Apple's six worst Mac-related products of all time. It's pure opinion, so check out the reader comments about what was - and should have been - included. (Posted 2009-01-26) ...

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