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My picks would be:

First hot water jug with a round base (so you didn't need to get a specific orientation).

Apple's MagSafe connector (even though it can occasionally be tough to clean grit out)

The Mercedes power seat controls (Don Norman devotes some space to them in The Design of Everyday Things)

The Leatherman (the Swiss Army knife done right)

The original Macintosh mouse

The PowerBook 100

Whichever PowerBook introduced the trackpad.

Whichever MacBook introduced the buttonless trackpad.

The iPhone 4

Google search

Google maps

Finder

WriteNow

HyperCard

Studio/32 (Deluxe Paint for the Mac, but better)

TiVo (series 2 before they lost the plot)

The Nikon FM2 (or pick a body in that era)



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