… and not necessarily in this order.
From PC World, here are the top 50 tech items of all time. From breakthrough hardware to time-honored software, we salute those amazing products that changed technology--and our lives--forever.
Here is the list and my personal experience with these products:
- Netscape Navigator (1994) … Yes, I used several early versions
- Apple II (1977) … Yes. I was an early user
- TiVo HDR110 (1999) … Yes (I think I had the earliest version – not positive)
- Napster (1999) … No
- Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS (1983) … Nope. I was a Mac addict. We had ‘Multiplan”
- Apple iPod (2001) . Not the early version. Just got my 80 GB iPod a few months ago
- Hayes Smartmodem (1981) .. Yes. Had to have it to get online at blazing speed of 1200 baud
- Motorola StarTAC (1996) … I had a sStartac, but I think it was a year or two later
- WordPerfect 5.1 (1989) … Nope
- Tetris (1985) … No
- Adobe Photoshop 3.0 (1994) … Yes, for my Mac
- IBM ThinkPad 700C (1992) … No
- Atari VCS/2600 (1977) … No
- Apple Macintosh Plus (1986) … YES, one of the originals
- RIM BlackBerry 857 (2000) . Nope, never had a blackberry
- 3dfx Voodoo3 (1999) . Not sure, but don’t think so
- Canon Digital Elph S100 (2000) . Not that model
- Palm Pilot 1000 (1996) … Not the 100, but I’ve had two others
- id Software Doom (1993) … No
- Microsoft Windows 95 (1995) … My first PC after a few Macs had Windows 95
- Apple iTunes 4 (2003) . I just got into iTunes (newer version)
- Nintendo Game Boy (1989) … Nope
- Iomega Zip Drive (1994) … Yes, I’ve had several over the years. Still in use today
- Spybot Search & Destroy (2000) … Yes, and still use it today (newer version of course)
- Compaq Deskpro 386 (1986) … No
- CompuServe (1982) .. I tried it way back when, didn’t care for it
- Blizzard World of Warcraft (2004) … No
- Aldus PageMaker (1985) … Yes (Mac)
- HP LaserJet 4L (1993) … No – I went from dot matrix to Inkjet in one fell swoop
- Apple Mac OS X (2001) … Yes
- Nintendo Entertainment System (1985) . No, but I had Pong, Intellivision and X-Box (rarely used)
- Eudora (1988) … No
- Sony Handycam DCR-VX1000 (1995) … No
- Apple Airport Base Station (1999) … No
- Brøderbund The Print Shop (1984) … Yes – Several versions
- McAfee VirusScan (1990) … Not sure if I had the 1990 version, but I have used it
- Commodore Amiga 1000 (1985) … No
- ChipSoft TurboTax (1985) … Yes – Every year since too
- Mirabilis ICQ (1996) … Yes
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 (1992) … Not sure
- Apple HyperCard (1987) … Yes
- Epson MX-80 (1980) … Not sure
- Central Point Software PC Tools (1985) … Yes (for my Mac)
- Canon EOS Digital Rebel (2003) … No
- Red Hat Linux (1994) … No
- Adaptec Easy CD Creator (1996) . Yes
- PC-Talk (1982) … No
- Sony Mavica MVC-FD5 (1997) … No
- Microsoft Excel (1985) …Yes
- Northgate OmniKey Ultra (1987) … No
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