The year was 2001, a year that most Americans will remember as the year the changed our lives forever. It was the year that the World Trade Center was attacked by a terrorists group out of the Middle East called Al Queda. War was in our future and our outlook out the United States went from being the invincible superpower to a country susceptible to any kind of outside terror. What we do forget though is that there was something else that was about to change our world forever in a technological way. Apple was really hurting in the computer industry. Microsoft was about to release its XP operating system which would revolutionize the way we use computers. Apple had no way of competing with them, but something was in the making that would make them a powerhouse in the industry once again, and it was only 4 inches long.
The downloading of music was still fairly new to us but the only problem was that what we downloaded would only be listened to on our computers. We had no way of listening to it portably. Apple noticed this and decided to create something that would let us take our MP3's anywhere we wanted. This device would be the IPOD. Standing at just 4 inches tall, this little giant changed to way we listened to our music. You were now able to connect it to your computer using a USB cable and bring your entire music library with you. You could bring it to the gym, work, on the morning jog, virtually where ever your heart desired. Ever since 2001, the IPOD has been the out right leader in the MP3 player industry, taking up about 71% of the industry. Microsoft was having it though and needed to enter this new world, but could they do it.
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