As it turned out, some of these new applications far surpassed the old Apple menu's capabilities and efficiency.

That also means that the Apple menu is huge.

Which one of those things (if any) is the Apple menu?

The Apple menu is always available for immediate access.

The Apple menu does not move and therefore provides a fixed target.

The Apple menu does not take up any area on the "active" region of the screen.

The user controls exactly what appears in the Apple menu.

Some use the Apple menu to organize frequently used applications.

The application menu returns, but the Apple menu remains missing in action.

System 6's Apple menu cannot be used to launch applications.