Apple timeline
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Apple Computer Founded
The Forgotten Founder The bigger story here is that the two Steves weren't alone in forming Apple. Just as Soviet propagandists doctored photos... Read more
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Apple I Computer Kit Introduced, Costs $666.66
Steve W. and Steve J. got some money together and had some printed circuit boards made, then planned to sell the computer as a kit. This is also... Read more
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Apple II is Released
A lot of features of the Apple II went in because I had designed Breakout for Atari. I had designed it in hardware. I wanted to write it in... Read more
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Apple Releases Groundbreaking MacPaint with Macintosh
MacPaint was a bitmap-based graphics painting software program developed by Apple Computer and released with the original Macintosh personal... Read more
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Apple Macintosh Introduced
Steve Jobs began working on the Apple Lisa in 1978 but in 1982 he was pushed from the Lisa team due to infighting, and took over Jef Raskin's... Read more
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Steve Jobs Quits Apple Following His Removal from Managerial Duties by Apple's Board
In 1985, a power struggle developed between Jobs and CEO John Sculley, who had been hired two years prior. Apple's board of directors sided with... Read more
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Apple Releases HyperCard for Macintosh
HyperCard is an application program created by Bill Atkinson for Apple Computer, Inc. that was among the first successful hypermedia systems before... Read more
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Steve Wozniak Ends Full-time Employment at Apple
The Wall Street Journal once printed that I was leaving Apple because I was disgusted, even though I'd told the reporter that was not the case. If... Read more
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Release of the Macintosh Portable, Apple's Unsuccessful First Attempt at a Portable Computer
The Macintosh Portable was Apple Computer's first attempt at making a battery-powered portable Macintosh personal computer that held the power of a... Read more
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Apple Releases PowerBook Models, first Laptop Computers
In October 1991 Apple released the first three PowerBooks: the low-end PowerBook 100, the more powerful PowerBook 140, and the high end PowerBook... Read more
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Apple Introduces Newton MessagePad, the first PDA
The MessagePad was the first series of personal digital assistant devices developed by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) for the Newton platform in... Read more
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Apple Introduces Power Macintosh 6100, Their First Computer to Use PowerPC Processor
The Power Macintosh 6100 was Apple Computer's first computer to use the new PowerPC RISC type processor created by IBM and Motorola. It came in the... Read more
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Apple Releases PowerBook 500
The PowerBook 500 series (codenamed Blackbird) was a range of Apple Macintosh PowerBook portable computers first introduced by Apple Computer with... Read more
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Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation is Decided in Favor of Microsoft
Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, 35 F.3d 1435 (9th Cir. 1994) was a copyright infringement lawsuit in which Apple Computer, Inc. (now... Read more
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Apple Releases PowerBook 5300 Series, First to Feature Hot Swapping
The PowerBook 5300 was Apple's first PowerBook based on a PowerPC CPU. Due to problems with the original (flaming) LithIon battery (which was... Read more
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Apple Bandai Pippin Gaming System Released
The Pippin, known in Japan as Pippin @ (ピピンアットマーク, Pipin Attomāku), was a multimedia platform designed by Apple Inc. (then Apple Computer Inc.) and... Read more
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Steve Jobs Rejoins Apple as Interim CEO
Jobs was initially reluctant to take a role at Apple. His other company, Pixar, had just released its first movie, Toy Story, to great acclaim. But... Read more
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Power Macintosh G3 Released
Although there were some initial teething pains - and some backlash from Mac professionals about putting an IDE drive in a Power Mac - the G3... Read more
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Apple Introduces the PowerBook G3
The first Macintosh PowerBook G3, codenamed "Kanga" was introduced in November 1997. At the time of its introduction, the PowerBook G3 was... Read more
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Apple Releases the iMac G3
Aesthetically, the iMac was dramatically different from any other mainstream computer ever released. It was made of translucent "Bondi... Read more
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Apple Releases Power Mac G4
The original Apple Power Mac G4, code name "Yikes!", was introduced at the Seybold conference in San Francisco on August 31, 1999, with 400 MHz,... Read more
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Apple Releases the Power Mac G4 Cube
Stunningly compact, the Power Mac (not Macintosh) G4 Cube came as a surprise, despite numerable contradictory rumors. Just 7.7" square and a bit... Read more
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Steve Jobs Announces PowerBook G4, along with the New iTunes Music Player Application
The first generations of the PowerBook G4 were announced at Steve Jobs' keynote at MacWorld Expo in January 2001. They featured a PowerPC G4... Read more
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Apple Launches OS X v10.0, Codenamed "Cheetah"
Mac OS X version 10.0, code named “Cheetah”, is the first major release of Mac OS X, Apple’s desktop and server operating system. Mac OS X v10.0... Read more