Heavier than Air. Charles Miller points out that every time Apple breaks the mold with a new product (the iPod, the iPod Mini, the iMac and now the MacBook Air) they lose in feature matrix comparisons but win in the marketplace.
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I don’t know about “every time”. The G4 cube and the Mac mini were pretty mold-breaking, and I don’t think they’ve been roaring successes.
Very true - the Newton and the Apple TV are two more examples. Charles' article is a heck of a lot better thought out than my one sentence summary :)