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Microsoft founded

May 23, 1975

Microsoft incorporates

Jun 25, 1981

Macintosh

May 23, 1984

the computer that changed everything

Macintosh XL

May 23, 1985

pioneering electronic music

Microsoft stock goes public

Mar 13, 1986

macintosh plus

May 23, 1986

bringing design into the digitial space

Macintosh II

May 23, 1987

hernessing the power of data

macintosh IIx

May 23, 1988

setting typohraphy free

macintosh portable

May 23, 1989

visualizing the impossible

Microsoft introduces earliest version of Office suite of productivity applications

Aug 1, 1989

Microsoft launches Windows 3.0

May 22, 1990

macintosh LC

May 23, 1990

making art kid-friendly

powerbook

May 23, 1991

merging liberal art and technology

macintosh quadra 950

May 23, 1992

deconstructing traiditional design

macintosh TV

May 23, 1993

powerbook 540c

May 23, 1994

power macintosh 8500

May 23, 1995

Microsoft launches Windows 95

Aug 24, 1995

power book 1400

May 23, 1996

iMac

May 23, 1998

Microsoft launches Windows 98

Jun 25, 1998

power mac G4

May 23, 1999

Microsoft launches Windows 2000

Feb 17, 2000

iBook

May 23, 2000

bringing fashion to life

Microsoft launches Windows XP

Oct 25, 2001

Microsoft launches Xbox

Nov 15, 2001

imac photo studio

May 23, 2002

Microsoft launches Xbox 360

Nov 22, 2005

macbook pro

May 23, 2006

Microsoft launches Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System to consumers worldwide

Jun 30, 2007

macbook air

May 23, 2008

Microsoft launches Windows 7

Oct 22, 2009

Microsoft launches Windows Phone 7

Nov 10, 2010

Microsoft launches Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface

Oct 17, 2012

Microsoft launches Windows 8.1

May 23, 2013

Microsoft launches Xbox One

Nov 22, 2013

Microsoft launches Office for iPad

Mar 27, 2014

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/inside_ms.aspx

mac pro

May 23, 2014

creating the future http://www.apple.com/30-years/