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Fadell: iPod's original strategy was driving Mac sales, which failed
“We're going to sell the iPod. It's going to be so awesome that people will buy Macs so they could use their iPod. We're going to sell more Macs because they're going to need to buy one to use an iPod that they're going to have to have. Well, guess what? The fi…”
Fadell: iPod wasn't a successful business until its third generation
“The iPod Was a critical success, but it didn't really turn into a successful business till the third generation. And the reason being was it didn't work with Windows based PCs. It only worked with Macs, which were a fraction of the market, less than a percent,…”