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The truth about where 11 tech breakthroughs really came from by Matt Weinberger on May 29, 2016, 11:45 AM Advertisement
 It's like the famous quote mistakenly attributed to Pablo Picasso: Good artists copy; great artists steal. There's something to be said for being the first one to the market. But the history of tech is riddled with cases where a company just straight up takes an old idea, perfects it, and ends up as a runaway success. (Spoilers: Apple shows up a lot.) SEE ALSO: 13 times companies killed products too soon and broke our hearts By the early 70's, computer processors had finally gotten cheap enough that people could actually afford them — but you still pretty much had to build your own computer. It was really a thing for hobbyists. 
It was a big deal when Apple introduced the Apple II in 1977. Apple did all the hard work of building and integrating the parts for you, so all you had to do was turn it on. It was the direct ancestor of the modern PC. 
In 2001, Windows PC manufacturers were making touch-screen Tablet PCs based on a Microsoft specification. Despite a lot of hype, they never caught on — they were too expensive, required a stylus instead of letting you use your fingers, and there wasn't enough software. 
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