Yeah, I think some of Apple’s “worst” products were actually very good devices that suffered from three fatal characteristics: too large, too expensive, and too

Yeah, I think some of Apple’s “worst” products were actually very good devices that suffered from three fatal characteristics: too large, too expensive, and too soon. I loved those QuickTakes, but they were kind of bulky, and prohibitively expensive for something that took only a few low-quality photos at a time when most people didn’t see a reason to get a digital camera instead of a standard one. Same for the Newton. I see that included on “Apple’s worst products” lists from time to time, but it was actually a really solid machine. Again, it was too large, too expensive, and too soon. (The concept was vindicated when Palm basically created the everyman’s Newton that I think Apple should have made in the first place.)