This is part of our package about Apple's 50th anniversary, read more here. It was January 2008, and Steve Jobs had just pulled the MacBook Air out of a manila envelope onstage at Macworld. Within minutes, Windows PC executives everywhere lost their minds. They grabbed the nearest office e nvelope, tried to shove in their plastic laptops, and tore straight through the paper. Engineers were summoned. Assistants were dispatched for larger envelopes. .apple-50-embed { margin-bottom: 1.5rem; } .apple-50-embed iframe { border: 0.125rem solid #000; max-width: 100%; display: block; } @media (max-width: 699px) { .apple-50-embed { width: 100%; float: none; } } @media (min-width: 325px) and (max-width: 699px) { .apple-50-embed > iframe { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } } @media (min-width: 700px) { .apple-50-embed { max-width: 350px; margin-right: 1rem; float: left; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; } } @media (min-width: 1024px) { .apple-50-embed { margin-left: -3.5rem; } } Okay, I have no proof that happened. But we all know what did happen next: imitation. Years of it. Apple's history books all hail the iPod. The iPhone. The iPad. And then, somewhere b … Read the full story at The Verge. ...read more read less