[snowwrestler]

There was almost zero "amazing" news from Apple while Steve was alive. The vast majority of Apple keynotes were "this year's machine is a bit smaller/ faster/ thinner etc.

And a lot of the very successful products were panned when they came out, including OS X, the iPod, the MacBook Air, etc.

Most of those only took off after a few iterations and changes. The iPod only took off after it went USB for Windows. The iPhone only took off after it got 3G and the App Store. The MacBook Air only took off after a redesign and big price drop.