It then spawned the iTunes story that provided a legal way to buy and download music at a time of rampant piracy. The iPod was compact, stylish, initially capable of storing up to 1,000 songs (the capacity would extend far beyond that of the first model in 2001). In many ways, it was the first realization of Jobs’ vision to turn computers into “a bicycle of the mind.”Īlthough it wasn’t the first of its kind, the iPod changed the way people thought about digital music players just like Jimi Hendrix changed the way thought about the guitar. Among other things, the Mac ushered in the era of the graphical user interface (known as “GUI” in tech parlance) and the navigational mouse. Heralded by a now-most famous TV commercial, the Macintosh computer lived up to the revolutionary promise made by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs during its 1984 unveiling. THE MACINTOSH COMPUTER, UNVEILED JANUARY 1984 With the company unveiling a headset equipped with virtual and augmented reality technology already available in other devices, here is a look back at some of Apple’s other breakthrough products: Apple has a long history of designing products that aren’t the first to be introduced in a particular category but still redefine the market.
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