is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired.
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Apple turns 50 next week, and we’re going to spend the week covering the company, its products, its legacy, and its future. But mostly, we’re going to spend the week debating which Apple products are the best. And we need your help.
Our ranking system is live now, filled with what we believe to be the 50 best things Apple has ever created. Your job is to put them in order. When you start ranking, you’ll be presented with two products; pick the best one to contribute to our overall live rankings, which you can always check by clicking “See Results.”
(By the way, if you want to hear Nilay and David spend the better part of two hours debating which 50 things belong on the list, we just dropped a special episode of The Vergecast on the ad-free feed for Verge subscribers only. If don’t already subscribe to The Verge, or you do and you haven’t yet switched to ad-free listening, now’s a great time! Here’s a full breakdown of how to set it up.)
In case it’s helpful, here’s a complete list of all 50 products we chose, in no particular order because the order is ultimately up to you:
iPhone
iPhone 4
iPhone 5S
iPhone XS
iPad
iPad 2
Wedge MacBook Air
M1 chip
Apple I
Apple IIe
iMac G3
iMac G4
iMac G5
Slim Unibody iMac
iBook G3
White iBook G4
Black MacBook
PowerBook 100 series
Titanium PowerBook G4
PowerBook 500 series
PowerBook G3
PowerMac G3
Macintosh
Mac Plus
Mac SE30
Intel Mac Mini
iTunes
FaceTime
iPod
4th-gen iPod
iPod Touch
Clip iPod Shuffle
iPod Mini
2nd-gen iPod Nano
3rd-gen iPod Nano
LaserWriter II
ImageWriter II
2nd-gen Apple TV
AirPods
AirPods Pro
Apple Watch Series 3
Original Cinema Display
Apple Extended Keyboard II
GarageBand
Final Cut Pro
Apple Pay
HyperCard
QuickTime
Mac OS X
AirDrop
Have fun ranking!