Timeline of Apple products

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This timeline of Apple products is a list of all stand-alone Apple II, Macintosh, and other computers, as well as computer peripherals, expansion cards, software, ancillary products, and consumer electronics sold by Apple Inc. in order of introduction date.

Products on this timeline indicate introduction dates only and not necessarily discontinued dates, as new products begin on a contiguous product line.


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Products are shaded using their corresponding graphical timeline color scheme to distinguish computer products (unshaded) from all others.

[edit] 1970s

See also: Timeline of Apple II Family
Apple I
Year Launched Model Family Discontinued
1976 July 1 Apple I Apple I September 1, 1977
Apple II
1977 April 1 Apple II Apple II June 1, 1979
1978 June 1 Disk II Drives May 1, 1984
1979 June 1 Apple II Plus Apple II December 1, 1982
Apple II EuroPlus Apple II December 1, 1982
Apple II J-Plus Apple II December 1, 1982
Bell & Howell Apple II December 1, 1982
Bell & Howell Disk II Drives December 1, 1982
Apple SilenType Printers October 1, 1982
Apple Writer 1.0 Software January 1, 1992

[edit] 1980s

Apple III
Year Launched Model Family Discontinued
1980 September 1 Apple III Apple III December 1, 1981
Modem IIB (Novation CAT) Modems
Printer IIA (Centronics 779) Printers
Monitor III Displays
Monitor II (various third party) Displays
Disk III Drives May 1, 1984
1981 September 1 Apple ProFile Drives
December 1 Apple III Revised[1] Apple III December 1, 1983
1982 October 1 Apple Dot Matrix Printer Printers December 1, 1983
Apple Letter Quality Printer Printers December 1, 1983
Apple Lisa
1983 January 1 Apple IIe Apple II March 1, 1985
Apple Lisa 68000 January 1, 1984
December 1 Apple III Plus Apple III April 1, 1984
Apple ImageWriter Printers December 1, 1985
See also: Timeline of Macintosh models
Macintosh 128K
Apple //c
1984 January 1 Apple Lisa 2 68000 January 1, 1985
January 24 Macintosh (128K) Compact September 10, 1984
Macintosh External Disk Drive (400K) Drives January 1, 1986
Apple Modem 300 Modems
Apple Modem 1200 Modems
MacWrite 1.0 Software
MacPaint 1.0 Software
April 1 Apple IIc Apple II September 1, 1986
Apple Scribe Printer Printers December 1, 1985
Apple Mouse IIc Apple Mouse December 1, 1985
Disk IIc Drives
May 1 Apple DuoDisk 5.25 Drives
June Apple Color Plotter Printers
Apple ImageWriter Wide Carriage Printers
September 10 Macintosh 512K Compact April 14, 1986
Macintosh 128K (revised) Compact October 1, 1985
December AppleColor 100 Displays
Macintosh Plus
1985 January 1 Macintosh XL Compact April 1, 1985
Apple LaserWriter Printers December 1, 1985
Apple LocalTalk Connector Networking
March 1 Apple IIe Enhanced Apple II January 1, 1987
April 1 Apple Personal Modem Modems
Apple ImageWriter II Printers 1996
June Apple UniDisk 5.25 Drives September 1, 1986
September 1 Macintosh Hard Disk 20 Drives
Apple UniDisk 3.5 Drives January 1, 1987
Apple ColorMonitor IIe Displays
Apple ColorMonitor IIc Displays
Apple IIGS
1986 January 16 Macintosh Plus Compact October 15, 1990
Macintosh 800K External Drive Drives
Apple LaserWriter Plus Printers
April 14 Macintosh 512Ke Compact October 1, 1987
September 1 Apple IIGS Apple II December 1, 1992
Apple IIc Memory Expansion Apple II September 1, 1988
Apple Hard Disk 20SC Drives
Apple 3.5" Drive Drives
Apple 5.25" Drive Drives
AppleColor RGB Monitor Displays
Apple Monochrome Monitor Displays
AppleColor Composite Monitor Displays
Macintosh II
1987 January 1 Macintosh Plus (Platinum) Compact October 15, 1990
Apple IIe Platinum Apple II November 1, 1993
AppleShare Server 1.0 Software
March 2 Macintosh SE Compact August 1, 1989
Macintosh II Mac II January 15, 1990
AppleColor Hi-Resolution RGB Monitor Displays December 1992
August ImageWriter LQ Printers December 1990
AppleFax Modem Modems
Apple PC 5.25" Drive Drives
Apple Tape Backup 40SC Drives
1988 January 1 Apple LaserWriter Family Printers
March AppleCD SC Drives
August Apple Scanner Scanner
September 1 Apple IIc Plus Apple II September 1, 1990
September 19 Macintosh IIx Mac II October 15, 1990
Macintosh Portable
1989 January 19 Macintosh SE/30 Compact October 21, 1991
March 7 Macintosh IIcx Mac II March 11, 1991
Apple Two Page Monochrome Monitor Displays
Apple Macintosh Portrait Display Displays
Apple Hi-Resolution Monochrome Display Displays
July Apple Modem 2400 Modems December 1992
August 1 Macintosh SE FDHD Compact October 15, 1990
Apple FDHD SuperDrive Drives
September 20 Macintosh IIci Mac II February 20, 1993
Macintosh Portable Portable February 11, 1991
October 1 Apple IIGS (1 MB, ROM 3)[2] Apple II December 1, 1992

[edit] 1990s

Macintosh LC
Year Launched Model Family Discontinued
1990 March 19 Macintosh IIfx Mac II April 15, 1992
October 15 Macintosh LC LC March 23, 1992
Macintosh Classic Compact September 14, 1992
Macintosh IIsi Mac II March 15, 1993
Macintosh Classic II
1991 February 11 Macintosh Portable (backlit screen) Portable October 21, 1991
March 1 Apple IIe Card (requires Macintosh LC) Apple II May 1, 1995
October 21 Macintosh Classic II Compact September 13, 1993
Quadra 700 Quadra March 15, 1993
Quadra 900 Quadra May 18, 1992
PowerBook 100 PowerBook August 3, 1992
PowerBook 140 PowerBook August 3, 1992
PowerBook 170 PowerBook October 19, 1992
Quadra 950
1992 March 23 Macintosh LC II LC March 15, 1993
May 18 Quadra 950 Quadra October 14, 1995
August 3 PowerBook 145 PowerBook July 7, 1993
October 19 Macintosh IIvi Mac II February 10, 1993
Macintosh IIvx Mac II October 10, 1993
PowerBook 160 PowerBook August 16, 1993
PowerBook 180 PowerBook May 16, 1994
PowerBook Duo 210 PowerBook Duo October 21, 1993
PowerBook Duo 230 PowerBook Duo July 27, 1994
Macintosh Color Classic
PowerBook 140
Quadra 605
Newton Message Pad 100
1993 February 10 Macintosh LC III / III+ LC February 14, 1994
Macintosh Color Classic Compact May 16, 1994
Centris 610 Centris October 21, 1993
Centris 650 Centris October 21, 1993
Quadra 800 Quadra March 14, 1994
PowerBook 165c PowerBook December 13, 1993
March 22 Workgroup Server 80 Workgroup Server October 17, 1995
Workgroup Server 95 Workgroup Server April 3, 1995
PowerCD PowerCD January 1, 1995
Apple Design Powered Speakers PowerCD January 1, 1995
June 7 PowerBook 145b PowerBook July 18, 1994
PowerBook 180c PowerBook March 14, 1994
June 28 Macintosh LC 520 LC February 2, 1994
July 26 Workgroup Server 60 Workgroup Server October 17, 1995
July 29 Centris / Quadra 660AV Centris / Quadra September 12, 1994
Quadra 840AV Quadra July 18, 1994
August 16 Newton Message Pad Newton March 1, 1994
PowerBook 165 PowerBook July 18, 1994
October 10 Macintosh Color Classic II Compact November 1, 1995
October 21 Macintosh TV LC February 1, 1995
Quadra 605 Quadra October 17, 1994
Quadra 610 Quadra July 18, 1994
Quadra 650 Quadra September 12, 1994
PowerBook Duo 250 PowerBook Duo May 16, 1994
PowerBook Duo 270c PowerBook Duo May 16, 1994
Power Macintosh 6100
PowerBook 540c
1994 February 2 Macintosh LC 550 LC March 23, 1995
Macintosh LC 575 LC April 3, 1995
Apple QuickTake 100 QuickTake January 1, 1995
March 14 Power Macintosh 6100 Power Macintosh May 18, 1996
Power Macintosh 7100 Power Macintosh January 6, 1996
Power Macintosh 8100 Power Macintosh August 14, 1996
April 26 Workgroup Server 6150 Workgroup Server October 1, 1995
Workgroup Server 8150 Workgroup Server February 26, 1996
Workgroup Server 9150 Workgroup Server February 26, 1996
May 16 PowerBook 520/c PowerBook 500 September 16, 1995
PowerBook 540/c PowerBook 500 August 16, 1995
PowerBook 550 PowerBook 500 April 1, 1996
PowerBook Duo 280 PowerBook Duo November 14, 1994
PowerBook Duo 280c PowerBook Duo January 1, 1996
July 18 Quadra 630 Quadra April 17, 1995
PowerBook 150 PowerBook October 14, 1995
December 1 Pippin Pippin December 1, 1997
Power Macintosh 9500
1995 January 28 Power Macintosh 6200 / 6300 Power Macintosh October 17, 1996
April 3 Macintosh LC 580 LC October 1, 1995
Power Macintosh/Performa 5200 Performa October 1, 1996
June 19 Power Macintosh 9500 Power Macintosh February 17, 1997
August 7 Power Macintosh 7200 Power Macintosh April 1, 1996
Power Macintosh 7500 Power Macintosh February 17, 1997
Power Macintosh 8500 Power Macintosh February 17, 1997
August 28 PowerBook 190 PowerBook September 1, 1996
Power Macintosh/Performa 5300 Performa March 1, 1997
PowerBook 5300 PowerBook September 1, 1996
PowerBook Duo 2300c PowerBook Duo February 1, 1997
Performa 6400
1996 February 15 Apple Network Server 500 Network Server April 1, 1997
Apple Network Server 700/150 Network Server April 1, 1997
February 26 Workgroup Server 7250 Workgroup Server April 21, 1997
Workgroup Server 8550 Workgroup Server April 21, 1997
March 10 Performa 5260 / 5300 Performa April 1, 1997
April 1 Performa 5400 Performa February 17, 1997
Power Macintosh 7600 Power Macintosh October 1, 1997
October 16 Apple Network Server 700/200 Network Server April 1, 1997
October 17 Performa 6360 Performa October 1, 1997
October 23 Performa 6400 Performa May 1, 1997
November 15 Power Macintosh 4400 Power Macintosh October 11, 1997
November 20 PowerBook 1400 PowerBook May 6, 1998
PowerBook 3400
Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh
1997 February 17 Power Macintosh 5500 Power Macintosh March 31, 1998
Power Macintosh 6500 Power Macintosh March 14, 1998
Power Macintosh 7300 Power Macintosh November 10, 1997
Power Macintosh 8600 Power Macintosh February 17, 1998
Power Macintosh 9600 Power Macintosh March 17, 1998
PowerBook 3400 PowerBook March 14, 1998
March 20 Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh Power Macintosh March 14, 1998
April 21 Workgroup Server 7350 Workgroup Server March 2, 1998
Workgroup Server 9650 Workgroup Server March 2, 1998
May 8 PowerBook 2400c PowerBook March 14, 1998
November 10 Power Macintosh G3 desktop Power Macintosh January 5, 1999
Power Macintosh G3 minitower Power Macintosh January 5, 1999
PowerBook G3 PowerBook G3 March 14, 1998
iMac G3
1998 January 31 Power Macintosh G3 AIO Power Macintosh October 17, 1998
March 2 Macintosh Server G3 Macintosh Server January 1, 1999
May 6 PowerBook G3 series PowerBook G3 May 10, 1999
August 15 iMac G3 iMac May 10, 1999
iBook
1999 January 5 Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White) Power Macintosh October 13, 1999
Macintosh Server G3 (Blue & White) Macintosh Server 31 August 1999
May 10 PowerBook G3 ("Lombard") PowerBook G3 February 16, 2000
21 July iBook iBook September 13, 2000
31 August Macintosh Server G4 Macintosh Server July 19, 2000
October 5 iMac (slot loading) iMac January 7, 2002
October 13 Power Macintosh G4 Graphite Power Macintosh July 18, 2001

[edit] 2000s

"Pismo" PowerBook
Year Launched Model Family Discontinued
2000 February 16 PowerBook ("Pismo") PowerBook G3 January 9, 2001
July 19 Power Macintosh G4 Cube Power Macintosh July 3, 2001
September 13 iBook (FireWire) iBook May 1, 2001
iPod
2001 January PowerBook G4 Titanium PowerBook G4 September 16, 2003
May 1 iBook (white) iBook October, 2003
July 18 Power Macintosh G4 Quicksilver Power Macintosh August 13, 2002
September 8 Server G4 Quicksilver Macintosh Server May 14, 2002
October 23 iPod iPod July 17, 2002
iMac G4
2002 January 7 iMac G4 15" iMac August 31, 2004
iBook (14") iBook October 22, 2003
April 29 eMac eMac July 5, 2006
May 14 Xserve Xserve February 10, 2003
July 17 iMac G4 17" iMac August 31, 2004
August 13 Power Macintosh G4 MDD Power Macintosh June 9, 2004
August 27 Macintosh Server G4 MDD Macintosh Server January 28, 2003
PowerBook G4 12"
2003 January 7 PowerBook G4 Aluminum (12") PowerBook G4 May 16, 2006
PowerBook G4 Aluminum (17") PowerBook G4 April 24, 2006
February 10 Xserve slot loading Xserve January 6, 2004
Xserve Cluster Node Xserve January 6, 2004
June 23 Power Macintosh G5 Power Macintosh June 9, 2004
September 16 PowerBook G4 Aluminum (15") PowerBook G4 February 14, 2006
October 22 iBook G4 (12" / 14") iBook May 16, 2006
November 18 iMac G4 20" iMac August 31, 2004
Xserve G5
2004 January 6 Xserve G5 Xserve August 7, 2006
Xserve Cluster Node G5 Xserve August 7, 2006
June 9 Power Macintosh G5 FX Power Macintosh October 19, 2005
June 28 Cinema Display (20") Displays February 2009
Cinema Display (23") Displays November 2008
Cinema Display (30") Displays current
August 31 iMac G5 17" iMac January 10, 2006
iMac G5 20" iMac March 20, 2006
Mac mini
2005 January 11 Mac mini Mac mini February 28, 2006
October 19 Power Macintosh G5 dual core Power Macintosh August 7, 2006
2006 January 10 iMac (Early 2006) iMac September 6, 2006
iPod Radio Remote iPod current
February 14 MacBook Pro (15") MacBook February 26, 2008
February 28 Mac mini Core Solo Mac mini September 6, 2006
February 28 Mac mini Core Duo Mac mini August 7, 2007
April 11 Apple Remote Desktop 3 Software current
April 24 MacBook Pro (17") MacBook February 26, 2008
May 16 MacBook MacBook February 26, 2008
July 13 Nike+iPod iPod current
June 20 Shake 4 Software current
August 7 Mac Pro Mac Pro January 8, 2008
August 7 Xserve (Intel) Xserve January 8, 2008
September 6 iMac (Mid 2006) iMac August 7, 2007
2007 March 21 Apple TV Apple TV current
June 29 iPhone iPhone July 11, 2008
August 7 iMac (Mid 2007) iMac April 28, 2008
Apple Mighty Mouse (revised) Apple Mouse current
Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad Apple Keyboard current
Apple Wireless Keyboard (Aluminum) Apple Keyboard current
Mac mini Core 2 Duo Mac mini March 3, 2009
September 5 iPod nano (3rd gen.) iPod September 6, 2008
iPod Classic iPod September 9, 2008
iPod Touch iPod September 9, 2008
September 12 Logic Studio Software July 23, 2009
October 27 Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) Software August 28, 2009
Mac OS X Server (10.5) Software August 28, 2009
November 15 Final Cut Express 4 Software July 23, 2009
2008 January 8 Xserve Harpertown Xserve April 7, 2009
Mac Pro Harpertown Mac Pro March 3, 2009
January 15 MacBook Air MacBook October 14, 2008
MacBook Air External Superdrive Drives current
February 12 Aperture 2 Software current
February 26 MacBook Penryn MacBook October 14, 2008
MacBook Pro Penryn 15" MacBook October 14, 2008
MacBook Pro Penryn 17" MacBook January 6, 2009
February 19 Xsan 2 Software current
February 27 iPod Touch (32GB) iPod September 9, 2008
February 29 Time Capsule Drives March 3, 2009
March 17 AirPort Express (802.11n) AirPort current
April 17 Final Cut Studio 2 Software July 23, 2009
April 28 iMac (early 2008) iMac March 3, 2009
May 29 Logic Express 8 Software July 23, 2009
July 9 MobileMe Software current
July 11 iPhone 3G (8GB) iPhone current
iPhone 3G (16GB) iPhone June 19, 2009
September 9 iPod nano (4th gen.) iPod September 9, 2009
iPod Classic (120GB) iPod September 9, 2009
iPod Touch (2nd gen. 8GB) iPod current
iPod Touch (2nd gen. 16/32GB) iPod September 9, 2009
In-Ear Headphones iPod current
September 18 Final Cut Server Software July 23, 2009
October 14 MacBook Air Penryn MacBook June 8, 2009
MacBook White MacBook January 29, 2009
MacBook Aluminum MacBook June 8, 2009
MacBook Pro (Unibody) 15" MacBook June 8, 2009
LED Cinema Display Displays current
Bento 2.0 Software current
2009 January 6 MacBook Pro (Unibody) 17" MacBook June 8, 2009
iWork '09 Software current
FileMaker Pro 10 Software current
January 27 iLife '09 Software current
January 29 MacBook White (early 2009) MacBook May 27, 2009
March 3 Mac mini (early 2009) Mac mini current
iMac (early 2009) iMac October 20, 2009
Mac Pro (early 2009) Mac Pro current
Time Capsule (Dual Band) Drives current
AirPort Extreme (Dual Band) AirPort current
Apple Keyboard (short) Apple Keyboard October 20, 2009
March 11 iPod Shuffle (3rd gen. 4GB) iPod current
April 7 Xserve Nehalem Xserve current
May 27 MacBook White (mid 2009) MacBook October 20, 2009
June 8 MacBook Pro 13" (Mid 2009) MacBook current
MacBook Pro 15" (Mid 2009) MacBook current
MacBook Pro 17" (Mid 2009) MacBook current
MacBook Air (Mid 2009) MacBook current
June 19 iPhone 3GS iPhone current
July 23 Final Cut Studio 3 Software current
Final Cut Server 1.5 Software current
Logic Studio 2 Software current
Logic Express 9 Software current
July 30 Time Capsule (2 TB) Drives/AirPort current
August 28 Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) Software current
Mac OS X Server (10.6) Software current
September 9 iPod Nano (5th gen.) iPod current
iPod Classic (160GB) iPod current
iPod Touch (3rd gen.) iPod current
iPod Shuffle (3rd gen. 2GB) iPod current
October 20 iMac (quad-core) iMac current
MacBook (polycarbonate unibody) MacBook current
Apple Magic Mouse Apple Mouse current

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "More Powerful Apple III Features Mass Storage New Software". COMPUTE! (Atarimagazines.com) (20). JANUARY 1982. http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue20/212_1_New_Products_More_Powerful_Apple_III_Features_Mass_Storage_New_Software.php. Retrieved 2009-01-05. 
  2. ^ "Apple IIGS (1MB, ROM 03): Specifications". Apple. September 13, 1993. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=7889. Retrieved 2009-01-05. 

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