I agree with you sentiment. That said there are two vague exceptions I can think of on this. The original iPhone but that was because its existence would have

I agree with you sentiment. That said there are two vague exceptions I can think of on this. The original iPhone but that was because its existence would have been leaked/semi announced once they tried to get it approved for public use. So their hand was forced on that. Also we never did get a 3Ghz G5 or mobile variant of it. This is something that Jobs mentioned when unveiling their Intel switch. As an aside, I did find it funny that PA Semi did end up designing their PWRffcient PowerPC chips with the goal of getting into Apple products. They eventually were purchased by Apple and now do all their hardware stuff. So I see the PWRffience chip has being one of the best job applications produced.