Present day Apple is one of the richest and most powerful companies in the world. Lately, it seems they can do no wrong. The iPad was ridiculed in 2010 by tech experts as an unnecessary toy — until they sold almost 20 million units in the first year alone. People line up for days in advance whenever a new iPhone is released. But the company wasn’t always such a sure thing. In the 80s and 90s, Apple struggled financially. A litany of different products were released to turn things around, but only a few of them were successful. It wasn’t until the iPod was released in 2001 that Apple really started to surge and not look back. Before that, a whole bunch of crappy products briefly hit the shelves and suffered dismal sales. Here are 14 products that can only be considered complete disasters.
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