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Apple II

Sep 10, 1977

Source1997 saw the invention of both the Apple II and the famous rainbow Apple logo. Steve Jobs added the colours to the logo to reflect the Apple II’s superior colour output. Colour graphics set the Apple II apart from its rivals on the market

Apple III

Aug 28, 1980

SourceThis next iteration of the Apple computer for business was created primarily to compete with business computing companies like IBM.

Lisa/Macintosh XL

Feb 17, 1983

SourceWhile Lisa won the legendary race between itself and the Macintosh by being the first desktop computer to market with an intuitive GUI, it flopped with the public due to sticker shock at its $10,000 price tag and a lack of software titles

Apple IIe

Mar 16, 1983

SourceThe Apple IIe keyboard was built in to the computer and did away with the numeric keypad.

Macintosh

Sep 9, 1984

SourceThe Macintosh, for most of us, was the computer that started it all. In the first demonstration of the product at MacWorld, Steve Jobs pulled the very first Macintosh out of the bag and demonstrated product features that most of us take for granted now

Apple IIc

Sep 21, 1984

SourceThe Apple IIc represented Apple’s first attempt at both a portable computer and “out-of-the-box” functionality. The only problem with classifying the IIc as a “portable” computer is the fact that it lacked a portable power supply.

Apple IIGS

May 13, 1986

SourceThe first 50,000 of these came with Steve Wozniak’s signature silkscreened on the front.

Macintosh Plus

Nov 8, 1986

SourceThe Plus version of the Macintosh originally featured the same beige colour as the original Macintosh, but in 1987 was changed to the warm gray Platinum colour that would characterize Apple computers for years to come.

Macintosh SE

Jul 31, 1987

SourceSpace for an internal hard disk and advanced SCSI support were some of the selling features of the SE

Apple IIc Plus

Apr 25, 1988

With this model, Apple did away with the 5.25″ floppy in the Apple II line and switched over completely to the 3.5″ floppy.

Macintosh SE/30

Jan 16, 1989

SourceThe SE/30 sported the capacity for expandable RAM and a 1.44mb floppy disk drive as standard.

Macintosh Classic

Sep 25, 1990

SourceThe Classic was an adaptation of Terry Oyama’s and Jerry Oyama’s Macintosh 128K industrial design

Macintosh Classic II

Sep 25, 1991

SourceTwo cases actually came out for the Classic II. The pictured one has a speaker cutout on the left side for better sound. PictureCred: Wikipedia

PowerBook 100

Oct 4, 1991

SourceThe PowerBook 100 was a result of a collaboration between Sony and Apple – Sony miniaturized the parts for Apple for the 100. The 140 and the 170 are the first PowerBooks completely designed by Apple. Mobile PC magazine named the PowerBook 100 as its “#1 gadget of all time” in a 2005 article.

Macintosh Color Classic

Sep 25, 1993

SourceThis was the first colour compact Macintosh computer.

Macintosh LC 500

Nov 25, 1993

SourceThe Apple MacIntosh LC series were sold as Apple’s upper low end computers for the mid 1990’s

Macintosh Performa 5200

Sep 25, 1995

SourceThis was one of Apple’s lower moments, featuring severely compromised hardware design.

Twentieth Anniversary Mac (TAM)

Oct 3, 1997

Source12,000 of these were produced. Apple broke the moulds and didn’t make any more in order to make the product seem more “exclusive”, a strategy that did not help the TAM’s sales numbers.

PowerBook G3

Oct 4, 1997

SourceThe Wallstreet model, marked the last use of the rainbow-coloured Apple logo. The PowerBook G3 was a built-to-order laptop which allowed users to customize what they wanted on the machine

iBook

Oct 4, 1999

SourceSourceThe first generation of the iBook featured a clamshell design and wireless networking.

Ipod/Ipod Classic Generation One

Oct 4, 2001

SourceThe first generation of the iPod was debuted in 2001 to rave reviews and a very eager market.

PowerBook G4

Oct 4, 2001

SourceThe titanium-skinned PowerBook G4 was the precursor to the MacBook Pro.

IPod Releases

Period: Oct 4, 2001 to Oct 4, 2008

SourceDuring this time several IPod models were released. Including the generation2 in 2002, the generation 3 in 2003, the generation 4 in 2005, fifth generation in 2005, the shuffle in 2005, and the sixth generation in 2006. the smaller shuffle, the color shuffles, and the nanos.

MacBook

Oct 4, 2006

Source2006 saw the introduction of the MacBook with now-standard features like the magnetic latch, the glossy display and the sunken keyboard.

IPod Touch And IPhone

Oct 3, 2007

SourceThe iPod Touch was launched to great media and consumer acclaim in March of 2007. The touch screen allows the user interaction with various games and applications. Steve Jobs has referred to the iPod Touch as the “training wheels” for the iPhone.
The iPhone is the cellular phone of choice of nearly every tech aficionado, even winning over BlackBerry fanboys with its touch screen and wide range of cheap and free applications available from the iTunes AppStore

MacBook

Oct 4, 2008

SourceThe latest version of the MacBook brings the aluminum case previously reserved for the Pro line into the regular MacBook. PictureCred:Google

MacBook Air

Oct 4, 2008

SourceThe MacBook Air was launched with a famous commercial that involved it being packaged up and shipped in an envelope. PhotoCed:Bing