Every year the internet explodes with top 10 lists, and best of articles. Figuring we should hop on this end o' year bandwagon of fun, we rounded up our favorite articles of the past year.

Below are some of the top MacLife.com articles of the past year. Enjoy!

101 Most Essential iPhone Apps of 2008 - With over 10,000 apps it wasn't easy coming up with just 101 choices.


Top 10 Apple Products - That Apple Never Released - Prototypes are great when you want to dream about what could have been.


The 5 Best -- and 5 Worst -- Apple Laptops of All Time, Ever! - Laptops of the ages from Apple.


Future Apple Hardware? Four Outrageous Prototypes Revealed! - The Mac|Life staff dreams of insane Apple prototypes and someone creates them. We also had a dream about a snake rolling a donut uphill, but that's another story. Who wants a Lego Mac?


Top 10 Apple Influencers of 2009 - They are the movers and the shakers of the new year. See if you're on the list.

The Top 8 Stevenote Moments - It's Steve's greatest hits!


Rock Out in GarageBand with the Rock Band Drum Controller - The greatest music video game mac crossover how-to ever.


Apple’s Corporate Food Court O’ Plenty: Reviewed! - We try out the mothership's corporate cafeteria.


Salty the iPhone's Advice Column - Salty may be bitter, but his advice is priceless.


Cat Rides Roomba - It's a cat riding a Roomba!