HombreDeMoleculos t1_jdi5eyt wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:46 PM

Reply to comment by whateverisok in NYC’s Museum of Failure opens to make us feel better about our lives by NYY657545

That's the entire history of Apple. The Lisa was an expensive failure, they reworked it into the Mac. The 20th Anniversary Mac was an failure, they reworked it into the iMac. The Newton was a failure, they reworked it into the iPod. I'm not sure the company has had a single success apart from the original personal computer that wasn't built on a past failure.

whateverisok t1_jdi6z3k wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:56 PM

I think 1st gen Apple Watch was a good success and was not reworked from another product - sure there were other smart-ish wearables (like Pebble and FitBit), but Apple's first launch was really successful.

Same goes for Apple AirTags: first iteration (no reworking) and they're a complete success - people are using them for pretty much everything. (I do know the privacy concerns that come up, but Apple's semi-addressing them).

Regarding the Watch, obviously they've now iterated and improved on its features, but the first release was a pretty big success and continues to be so.