Perhaps most interesting, Mac OS X is on the list right alongside Windows XP as a co-gadget of the decade. Engadget says that both operating systems provided fresh and clean restarts for their respective companies, and that while OS X took a little while to “become a usable daily OS” (ouch), it still helped to “set a new standard for computing.”<\/p>\n Being the Apple weblog that we are, we might argue that Windows XP provided a solid update to Windows 98, while OS X offered up some actual innovation in the operating system market (and Apple still carries the banner on commercial UI innovation today). But we’re nitpicking on that one — 40% of their gadgets that shaped the decade were made by one company, and that’s good enough for us.<\/p>\n TUAW<\/a>Apple nabs four of Engadget’s 10 gadgets of the decade<\/a> originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)<\/a> on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read<\/a> | Permalink<\/a> | Email this<\/a> | Comments<\/a> <\/p>\n Buy This Item: [Click here to buy this item]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/980a1_ipod_white.png\")
Our friends over at Engadget have selected their top 10 gadgets of the last decade <\/a>(the naughts, as I like to call them), and Apple has come up big: four out of the ten choices are made by the company from Cupertino. The iPhone is on the list (of course), as is the iPod. The original Titanium PowerBook<\/a> fills a spot for its “category-shaping design” and its influence on laptops since its release in 2001. <\/p>\n<\/h6>\n