It's hard to argue that they have not made some of the most important inventions of the past 100 years: - A personal computer that people could afford (Apple II

It's hard to argue that they have not made some of the most important inventions of the past 100 years: - A personal computer that people could afford (Apple II) - Nice GUIs, window based operating system, etc for the masses (Macintosh) - Best designed MP3 player (iPod) - the first smartphone that people liked (iPhone) Yes, a lot of these were inspired by prior work but iPhone still brought critical (often 10x) advances to each one—lowering the cost of the Apple II, designing a touch screen interface that worked, etc.