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Mar 14, 1979

In September 1979, Raskin began looking for an engineer who could put together a prototype. Bill Atkinson, a member of the Apple Lisa team, introduced him to Burrell Smith, a service technician who had been hired earlier that year.[citation needed]

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Apr 14, 1979

The Macintosh project started in early 1979 with Jef Raskin, who envisioned an easy-to-use, low-cost computer for the average consumer

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Dec 13, 1979

Jobs and a number of Apple engineers visited Xerox PARC in December 1979, three months after the Lisa and Macintosh projects had begun.

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Apr 1, 1981

In January 1981, Steve Jobs completely took over the Macintosh project

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Nov 14, 1984

After it was created, the company bought all 39 pages of advertisement space in the Newsweek magazine, 1984 November/December edition

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Mar 13, 1988

1988 Apple introduces System 6.

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May 13, 1991

On May 13, 1991, System 7 was released. It was a major upgrade to the Mac OS, adding a significant user interface overhaul, new applications, stability improvements and many new features

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Jan 4, 1995

1995 Apple allows other computer companies to clone its computer by announcing its licensed the Macintosh operating system rights to Radius on January 4.

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Jan 4, 1995

1995 Apple allows other computer companies to clone its computer by announcing its licensed the Macintosh operating system rights to Radius on January 4.

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Apr 14, 1997

1997 Apple buys NeXT Software Inc. for $400 million and acquires Steve Jobs, Apples cofounder, as a consultant.

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Jul 26, 1997

Mac OS 8 was released on July 26, 1997, shortly after Steve Jobs returned to the company. It was mainly released to keep the Mac OS moving forward during a difficult time for apple

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Apr 14, 1999

1999 Apple introduces Mac OS 9.

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Oct 23, 1999

Mac OS 9 was released on October 23, 1999. It was generally a steady evolution from Mac OS 8. Early development releases of Mac OS 9 were numbered 8.7. Mac OS 9 added improved support for AirPort wireless networking

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Mar 24, 2001

2001 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.0 code named Cheetah and becomes available March 24, 2001.

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Aug 23, 2002

2002 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.2 code named Jaguar and becomes available on August 23, 2002.

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Oct 25, 2003

2003 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.3 code named Panther October 25, 2003.

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Jun 28, 2004

2004 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.4 code named Tiger at the WWDC on June 28, 2004.

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Oct 26, 2007

2007 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.5 code named Leopard October 26, 2007.

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Jun 9, 2008

2008 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.6 code named Snow Leopard and MobileMe at the WWDC on June 9, 2008.