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.
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Chapters (36)
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
1:01:11
Comparing Top Picks
1:03:00
Audience Versus Hosts
1:06:05
Top Five Debate
1:06:57
Wedge Air and iMac
1:07:42
Top Three Showdown
1:12:06
macOS X Number One
1:12:50
Why OS X Gets Missed
1:15:35
Apple 50 Rankings Wrap Up
1:18:00
Brendan Carr is a Dummy
1:25:15
Surf and Fediverse
1:30:40
iMac Reclamation Update
1:34:58
Gadget Prices Rising
1:40:21
Final PSAs and Goodbye
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