Apple @ 50

Fifty years ago, on April 1st, 1976, Apple Computer Company was founded. Today it’s one of the most valuable companies in the world, celebrated for producing ubiquitous products like the iPad and iPhone to now-nostalgia bait like the iPod Mini and PowerBook. Over the last five decades, the company has seen ups and downs but ultimately has left its mark on almost every part of our relationship with tech and culture, from entertainment to fitness to accessibility.

In this package, The Verge looks back at the impact of the tech giant over the last five decades — from the triumphs and failures of the Jobs eras to its current incarnation as an antitrust juggernaut. We reminisce about some of our favorite products and take a walk down memory lane to look back at some of The Verge’s earliest Apple coverage. (Plus, we’re community ranking our 50 favorite Apple products — join in!)

The mad dash to build the future of multimedia

For $200 more, you can get a MacBook Air

Steve Jobs and the greatest run of products in tech history

Rank the 50 best Apple products

Here’s how to rank the 50 best Apple products ever

Apple II Forever!

The origin story of Apple’s long-running relationship with FoxConn

The Macintosh changed computers forever

Apple’s long, bitter App Store antitrust war

Verge retrospective

A photo history of Frog, the company that designed the original Mac

Apple Watch: the definitive review

Lisa’s Final Act: how Apple invented its future by burying its past

40 years of Apple history with Walt Mossberg

How the iPhone won over Japan and gave the world emoji

iPhone 4S review

The walls of Apple’s garden are tumbling down

The Mac turns 40 — and keeps on moving

Apple iPad (2017) review: the best feature is the price

Apple AirPods review: wireless that wows, earbuds that don’t

How Apple changed the world again: the App Store turns five

Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not

Apple Intelligence is here, but it still has a lot to learn

The iPad Pro at 10: a decade of unrealized potential

Mossberg: Tim Cook’s Apple had a great decade but no new blockbusters

The iMac has become a computer in search of a purpose

Inside the high drama of the iPhone 4

The biggest app in the whole wide world

Apple TV 4K (third-generation) review: unmatched power at a much better price