Top Ten Apple Mac products...and the bottom 10

[TheWakeUpBomb]

An interesting trip down memory lane - I had forgotten about Copland. When they killed it, I finally abandoned Apple. And then, of course, they promptly righted the ship...

I was surprised the eMate wasn't on the failures list.

The Best 10: (http://mlagazine.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=139&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0)

* Macintosh Classic
* Mac OS X
* iMac
* PowerBook G3 (Pismo)
* PowerMacintosh 6100/7100/8100/9150
* Quadra 700
* PowerBook 100
* PowerBook Duo 230
* System 7
* ClarisWorks

The Worst 10: (http://mlagazine.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=137&mode=thread&order=0&thold)

* Pippin
* OpenDoc
* Mac TV
* Mac XL/Lisa
* Microsoft Word 6.0
* Copland
* eWorld
* Puck Mouse/Kiddie Keyboard
* Flower Power/Blue Dalmatian iMac
* Macintosh Portable

Via TUAW. Be warned...the writing in the linked pieces is horrid.

[IntheNet]

]The Best 10:[/url]

* Macintosh Classic
* Mac OS X
* iMac
* PowerBook G3 (Pismo)
* PowerMacintosh 6100/7100/8100/9150
* Quadra 700
* PowerBook 100
* PowerBook Duo 230
* System 7
* ClarisWorks
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Where is the Newton and the IIC? Both stand out as central to Apple's history! My Newton still works every day; that's about 13 years of on/off work...not bad! Handwriting was crap on Newton but everything else worked fine! First true PDA! And the APPLE IIC was the key to Mac's future and way ahead of its time...and the Powerbook G3 Wallstreet/Mainstreet seems a better deal than than the Pismo and the Wallstreet received more favorable commentary when released than the Pismo!

[servotron]

I was going to ask where Newton was on the Worst list. That, and the puck mouse NEEDS to be moved up to #1 on the Worst list.

[skipshady]

Newton could be on either list, I think. It was a device that was ahead of its time, but it was also a device that was too ahead of its time. Brilliant, but a commercial failure.

[Kryptonite]

My friend had a computer that looked similar to this. I don't think it's the exact model, but it looks close enough. 6300
http://www.apple-history.com/images/models/6300.gif

Maybe it was the 6100:
http://www.apple-history.com/images/models/6100.gif

I remember having to put the CD in a special jewel case, and then sliding the whole case into the slot. Seems to me that if you lost that jewel case, you were f'ed, as it didn't have a CD tray.

Anyone know what i'm talking about??

[Dante]

I had a Magnavox computer, Windows on it, that had the same jewel case loading system.

[Kryptonite]

I had a Magnavox computer, Windows on it, that had the same jewel case loading system.

Yeah, I didn't think I was dreaming up such a device. Seems to be a bad deal for the consumer, because if you lost the jewel case, you were screwed. And I have a feeling the price of a replacement case wasn't all that cheap.

[Dante]

I don't know about the Apple's, but mine came with two and I remember that it cost around $15 for a replacement.