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Originally Posted by guyanonymous
My 20GB MP3 player, by iRiver, still has better sound quality than Apple's MP3 players - and came out long before.
My first laptop - surprisingly - came out before Apple's PowerBook's, trackpad and all.
Smartphones existed prior to the iPhone.
And I had PC's (dos based) prior to Mac's existence.
They have affected design - but don't make the assumption that they led the market in creation. They do tend to refine the designs of others rather well, however.
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There were indeed MP3 players before Apple's line. Ditto for SmartPhones, and arguably laptops. (But was your 1st laptop also before the Mac Portable? That's the one that demonstrated the now-common design.)
For PCs, you write "And I had PC's (dos based) prior to Mac's existence." Indeed you did. That's because the IBM PC was a response to the Apple II. Which predates the Mac by 5 years. Or was it 6?
The prior poster's point was not that Apple necessarily produces the first devices in a category. Nor even the first good devices in a category. Rather, they have a fine track record of entering markets just as the market really takes off, with devices that successfully appeal to an awful lot of the people who buy as that take-off happens.
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that's why the iPad is a good sign for eBooks.
Xenophon