Apple's best product ever | The Vergecast

We love a ranking here on The Vergecast, and it’s time for the hardest one yet: David and Nilay compare notes on the 50 best products Apple has ever made, and see how their answers stack up to the many, many voters on The Verge this week. Before that, though, it’s time for a bit of AI news — surprise, it’s enterprise software! — and the comeback of the Hype Desk. After all that, and after the rankings, we do a round of Brendan Carr is a Dummy, talk about the fediverse, and repurpose our old iMacs. We were nominated for a Webby! You can vote here: https://bit.ly/4ckXKPc 0:00 We're up for a Webby! 0:36 Apple Products Ranking Setup 1:55 Housekeeping and Live Movie Night 4:26 AI Industry Reality Check 11:59 OpenAI Buys TBPN 20:01 Funding Round and Google Pressure 26:42 Introducing the Hype Desk 30:01 Hype Desk Finds and PAX East 36:27 Apple 50th Anniversary Rankings Begin 38:38 Printers Underrated 39:16 Early Rankings Debate 40:24 Nineties Apple Defense 41:11 QuickTime Case 42:02 Software Takes Hits 44:04 Classic Macs Return 45:20 Midfield Hardware Run 46:18 iMac Shape Emerges 48:10 Top 25 Approaches 51:13 HyperCard Revival 52:30 Top 20 Controversies 55:05 Modern Features Too High 56:28 AirPods Enter Top 15 58:59 Top 10 Personal Lists 01:01:11 Comparing Top Picks 01:03:00 Audience Versus Hosts 01:06:05 Top Five Debate 01:06:57 Wedge Air and iMac 01:07:42 Top Three Showdown 01:12:06 macOS X Number One 01:12:50 Why OS X Gets Missed 01:15:35 Apple 50 Rankings Wrap Up 01:18:00 Brendan Carr is a Dummy 01:25:15 Surf and Fediverse 01:30:40 iMac Reclamation Update 01:34:58 Gadget Prices Rising 01:40:21 Final PSAs and Goodbye Version History now has its own channel! Make sure to subscribe here for new episodes: https://bit.ly/4rRS30p Subscribe: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs Like The Verge on Facebook: https://goo.gl/2P1aGc Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/XTWX61 Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/7ZeLv Watch The Vergecast on YouTube: https://bit.ly/40RFRkg The Vergecast Podcast: h