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To start 2018 off right, we run through our wish lists of what we'd like to see from Apple — in years past. What will System 7 bring? What will the iPod Phone look like? And will Apple ever make a TV set?
Follow Up
Wish Lists
1991
- 68040 processor
- System 7
- no more MultiFinder or Switcher
- Publish and Subscribe
- QuickTime 1.0 was great
- PowerBook 100, 140, 170
1994
- PowerPC 601 processor
- NuBus PC compatibility cards
- better game support
1995
1996
- HyperCard for the web
1997
- Mac clones
- clones in 1997
- very few G3 clones
- Copland replacement
- WebObjects
- Newton vs. Palm
- return of Steve Jobs
1998
- desktop flat-panel
1999
- Connectix Virtual Game Station
- native games
- wireless networking
- AirPort card for iBook
2000
- laptop docks
2001
- xMac
- first-party products for the "digital hub"
- ResEdit equivalent
- HyperCard replacement
2006
- iTV
- Front Row
- announced as iTV
- launched as Apple TV
- mythical PowerBook G5
- MacBook Pro
- Intel chips ran hot ¿and loud?
- an iPod Phone?
- improved iWeb