Steve Jobs may not be as rich as his friend and professional nemesis, Bill Gates, but he sure knows how to come up with not only fancy but revolutionary products in the market. Now, not all of them are successful. In fact, there are a lot of his inventions and concepts that are considered to be certified flops. Yet there are also too many of them that have helped thousands of people from all over the world.

iTunes and iPod

iPod has already been synonymous to music. After all, with its enormous memory, you can store almost every type of song that you love to hear. iPods are like your in-house radio. The only difference is that the former can be carried anywhere with you. Of course, to make sure that you can have the best music in your iPod, you have to download the songs into your iTunes. Getting your favorite music in this method is the most ideal, since you are really not stealing songs. You will not have to worry about getting yourself in prison very soon.

iPods, moreover, are getting better. Today, you can already find versions that will allow you to play videos. These devices have also been helpful to students and even to doctors. They simply record their lectures and cases, respectively, and listen to them while they are on the move.

LaserWriter

Before, there was the dot matrix printer. Though it is already considered as innovative during that time, it was not the most ideal printing tool. It is very slow, and the images are not really clear. Then came laser printers, one of which is the LaserWriter. It is bulky, but it can print as many as 16 pages for every minute. It also does not make use of any ink, and it can produce 600 dots for every inch. Thus, the texts and pictures are more continuous to look at than those of dot matrix printers.

The iBook actually refers to a line of laptops that have been available for almost 10 years, beginning in 1999. There are two reasons why you should buy this one. First, there are fewer features. If you are not comfortable working with PowerBook or even with laptops, then this one is for you. Second, it is very affordable. In fact, it is one of the few laptops that have been used by students.

iBooks are also very attractive. They come with a clamshell, which is totally different from the usual lids of laptops. They also have a handle, which makes them very convenient to carry. Most of all, they can already allow wireless networking. More upgrades have also been added to the recent models.

Final Cut Pro

If you are still wondering how others are able to animate objects and even improve the quality of videos, then you should know that one of their secrets is the Final Cut Pro. This is an editing software that was created by Apple and is available only in Mac OS X versions of Apple. What it does is that it captures any videos to a hard drive, which can either be internal or external. This way, you will be able to edit it.

Like the iBook, it has undergone several modifications and versions. One thing is for sure, though: it works effectively. It has been awarded with Primetime Emmy Engineering Award because of its great role in television shows.

HyperCard

With the HyperCard, you have a very easy method of creating your applications for the World Wide Web. It is not going to be as comparable as those programs that are available today. But it has set some marks. The application can produce screen objects for fields, menus, and buttons. You can already give them their distinct functionality.

Apple will always be known for its ingenuity. Not all can be big hits. Others could be ridiculed and slammed for their design and function. There will be some of them that will fail instantly. However, Apple does not surrender. It will continue to create and modify. It will also continue to come up with ideas as well as products that are out of this world, whacky, and revolutionary.