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The Island of Lost Apple Products

concealment writes "most of Apple's products are so popular that it seems everything the company does is destined to succeed. But it doesn't take much digging to find a trail of failures and false starts. Even in recent years, there are examples of products that seemed great but never resonated with consumers, and some that seemed so destined for failure it's hard to imagine why any company would have brought them to market. Here are some examples of Apple veering a bit off course."

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  1. Re:Can we climb off the Apple knob-slobbery? PLEAS by Gaygirlie · · Score: 4, Funny

    metrosexual-wannabes"

    Hmm, considering that metrosexual men are people who use make-up to look better and non-metrosexual men are people who don't use make-up... what are metrosexual-wannabes? Men who kind-of and so-so apply face lotion, hoping to look good while not looking obviously metrosexual?

  2. Re:Nooo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    On behalf of both of them, your apology is accepted.

  3. Re:G4 Cube by unkiereamus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey! I liked the cube.

    It had a feature that I've yet to see on another computer, that's how advanced it was.

    Surely I'm not the only one who wants to fry an egg for breakfast while checking my morning e-mail and feeds.

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    I needed a sig so people would know who I am, but I was too drunk to make something witty, so you get this instead.