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1. The iPhone
iPhone is more than just a phone. It combines three devices in one: a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod, and a breakthrough Internet device. All that and more makes it the best phone you’ll ever use. With the Multi-Touch interface on iPhone, you can make a call simply by tapping a name or number in your contacts or favorites list, your call log, or just about anywhere. Visual Voicemail lets you select and listen to messages in whatever order you want — just like email. iPhone comes with some amazing applications. And you can choose from thousands more on the App Store and download them with a tap. Your iPhone gets even better with every new app. Play games. Be more productive. Keep yourself entertained. No matter what you want to do on iPhone, there’s an app for that.

2. The Mac OS X
Interface enhancements like Expose in the Dock and better file and folder viewing in Stacks make finding apps and files much easier. A completely overhauled QuickTime X now sports a cleaner interface and recording tools. The much-anticipated Exchange support across Mail, the Address Book, and iCal is huge for those who take their Macs to work. Intel Mac users will like Snow Leopard’s smartly designed interface enhancements, and its Exchange support is a must-have (especially with Outlook for Mac on the way). With a ton of technological improvements, Snow Leopard is worth the $29 upgrade fee. Apple hardware has always been elegant, but without great software, they’re just pretty pieces of art. The Mac OS, otherwise known as the Windows blueprint, has served Apple exceptionally well, with everyone else playing catch-up.

3. Mac Pro
Apple was the first out of the gate with an Intel Nehalem-based workstation, in the form of the Mac Pro announced in early 2009. Apple recently provided a 2.93GHz Mac Pro for testing, and in a range of benchmark tests against an older-style 2.8GHz eight-core Intel Xeon-based system, the new Mac Pro showed performance boosts as high as 112 percent, though most tests exhibited improvements in the 30-percent-to-70-percent range. Combine this with comparatively aggressive pricing (if you buy RAM elsewhere), and you’ve got the fastest Mac ever in an affordable and easy-to-service case.

4. MacBook Air
It fits in a manila folder, you can slide it under a door, and if you threw it hard enough you could probably chop someone in half with the thing. It’s the thinnest, and if we may say so, sexiest laptop around today: the MacBook Air. But looks aren’t everything to everyone, and despite all the rhetoric about being a no-compromises ultraportable, Apple did leave plenty on the cutting-room floor in its quest to make an absurdly thin ultraportable that doesn’t skimp on a full size keyboard or roomier 13-inch display.

5. iPod Touch
The iPod Touch has been on the same product cycle as the Classic and Nano since its 2007 debut, but the first generation model also received a memory upgrade five months after its initial release. With the touch, Apple’s focus remains firmly on music, and, more so than ever, portable gaming. Along with a nice speed bump come some app organization improvements and new Genius features, all of which are welcome additions. Even if there’s no exciting surprise with this touch iteration, after three long years, there’s still not a better portable media player out there.

6. Apple TV
Provides access to a variety of free and premium media content–including movie rentals, TV shows, music, photos, podcasts, and YouTube videos–on your living room TV; streams media from networked Mac or Windows PCs; purchases and rentals can be done directly through iTunes Store on your TV; movie rentals from all major studios include some in HD and surround sound; sleek external design and elegant user interface; simple, streamlined setup; includes state-of-the-art 802.11n wireless networking; smooth, hiccup-free streaming.

7. Power Mac G4 Cube
The Cube was not one of Apple’s greatest successes but it was certainly an eye-catcher when it launched in the year 2000. The Cube measured just eight inches cubed and was suspended in a ten-inch tall acrylic enclosure. This wasn’t a machine you bought if you were going for the highest specification G4 available, as you could get more powerful (but visually less interesting) Macs for less money. However, in a world of beige PC boxes (and let’s not forget that Apple itself made some pretty lousy-looking boxes in the ’90s) it was a breath of fresh air. Not the only one, of course, as in the 2000s we also saw the…

8. The iMac
Macintosh recaptured its magic with the iMac and MacBooks. Price competitive, gorgeous, and highly capable, this line and these innovations did more for Apple than might truly be appreciated.  And while Dell, HP and others might sell more Windows-based machines, none carries the drool-factor that these new Macs enjoy.

9. The iPod
Apple didn’t invent the MP3 player, it reinvented it, and with iTunes, created the ultimate entertainment ecosystem. Hundreds of millions have sold, and the Touch might be my favorite Apple product of all time.  And between the Shuffle and Nano and all the others, the various colors, shapes and sizes are a feast for the digital senses.

10. Cinema 24” Display
Apple has created some fairly impressive displays over the years, but the 24-inch LED-backlit model, designed to complement modern Mac laptops, is one of the best. Yes, you can get the incredible 30-inch cinema display, but this display not only features the latest LED display technology but also a range of complementary features such as iSight camera, MagSafe connector, USB hub, speaker system and built-in microphone. A great display when you’re ready to work at a desk, or hook it up to a Mac Mini and use it as a TV.

Runner up: Power Mac G5

Though Apple has come under fire for its claims surrounding the speed and performance of the various chipsets it has used, it’s hard to deny the power of the Power Mac G5 line of computers. Definitely aimed at the power-hungry professional, and including a dual core version, they were 64-bit computers with a rugged, anodized aluminum chassis. The Power Mac G5 was the last in the line of professional Macs based on PowerPC architecture, superseded by the Intel-based Mac Pro.
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