Apple TV 4K is the most essential product Apple makes

Essentials Week spotlights unexpected items that make our daily lives just a little bit better.

What is the most essential Apple gadget? Put another way: Which of the trillion-dollar company's beautifully-designed devices would a jaded Apple fanboy like me most miss, if I was forced to switch to competing products?

Not the iPhone (pause for gasps). For more of us than the company cares to admit, that device became inessential after the 6S. I'd weep a little if I had to replace it with a Galaxy S9, but at least I'd get my headphone jack back. The iPad Pro may be superior to a Surface, but a better keyboard cover would arrive in that trade-off. You can have my  MacBook when you pry it from my stiff cold fingers, but I know plenty of Windows 10 laptops that could handle everything I do on that ultralight device.  Read more...