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Apple I - 1976

Apple II – 1977

1977 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.

Disk II - 1978

Apple II Plus - 1979

Apple III – 1980

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

Lisa/Macintosh XL – 1983

While 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 – 1983

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

Apple Mouse - 1983

Apple IIc – 1984

The 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

Macintosh – 1984

The 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.

Macintosh XL - 1985

Apple IIGS – 1986

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

Macintosh Plus – 1986

The 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 – 1987

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

Macintosh II – 1987

This was the first “modular” design computer that Apple put out. All of the rest preceding it had been “all-in-one” models.

Apple Newton next to an iPhone - 1987

Apple IIc Plus – 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 IIx – 1988

This was simply an update to the Macintosh II. One of its code names was “Spock”.

Macintosh SE/30 – 1989

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

Macintosh Portable – 1989

The Macintosh Portable represented Apple’s first computer with a portable power supply and an active matrix LCD screen which sported a clearer picture than many desktop monitors of the time.

Macintosh Classic – 1990

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

Macintosh IIfx – 1990

This computer was introduced as the “fastest Mac” and was dubbed “Wicked Fast” by the then Product Manager, Frank Casanova.

Macintosh Classic II – 1991

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

Quadra 700 – 1991

Introduced with the Quadra 900 as the first Apple systems to feature Ethernet networking.

PowerBook 100 – 1991

The 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.

Quadra 800 – 1993

The case on this was smaller and not as accessible as others, earning it the “worst case of all time” title at Low End Mac.

Macintosh PowerBook 140 - 1991

Macintosh Color Classic – 1993

This was the first colour compact Macintosh computer.

Apple Macintosh LC 500 – 1993

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

Macintosh LC 575 - 1993

Macintosh Performa 5200 – 1995

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

PowerBook 5300 - 1995

Power Macintosh 7220 - 1996

Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (TAM) – 1997

12,000 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.

PowerMac G3 All-In-One – 1998

These were sold to the educational market only.

iMac G3 Tray-Loading, Bondi Blue – 1998

In doing away with the tower and keeping the computing power, Apple completely revolutionized the desktop computer industry. The iMac G3′s were available in a bouquet of various colours. Johnathan Ive, the designer who was later the mastermind of the Cube, designed the iMac G3.

iMac G3 Slot-Loading Indigo – 1999

The above model set the standard for the rest of the iMac G3′s with a slot-loading CD ROM rather than a tray-loading model.

PowerMac G3 Blue and White – 1999

This shared the hardware with its predecessor but little else. The case was redesigned to bring it in line with the new iMac.

Power Mac G4 – 1999

This line was sold by Apple between 1994 and 2006. While the hardware varied between models, they all adhered to the same basic design principles.

iBook – 1999

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

iMac “Flavours” – 1998-2003

Different colours were eventually added to the original Bondi Blue.

PowerMac G4 Cube – 2000

This 8″ cube garnered a lot of kudos in the short time that it was in production. The designer of the Cube, Jonathan Ive, won several international awards for its design

Generation One – 2001
The first generation of the iPod was debuted in 2001 to rave reviews and a very eager market.

PowerBook G4 - 2001

eMac – 2002

The eMac was made available as a cheaper option to the educational market than the iMac.

iMac G4 – 2002

The iMac G4 was produced from 2000-2004 and represents the first iteration of Apple’s desire to “slim down” the components necessary for an out of the box personal computer experience. It was nicknamed the iLamp because of its swiveling monitor.

Generation Two – 2002

The second generation of the iPod featured a touch-sensitive wheel rather than a mechanical wheel.

iBook G4 - 2003

Power Mac G5 – 2003

At the time of its launch the Power Mac G5 was touted as the fastest computer ever built

Apple Cinema Display 20″ – 2003

Featured a 20″ active matrix LCD display.

Generation Three – 2003
The third generation saw the introduction of a thinner iPod. Instead of being simply touch-sensitive as the second generation was, the wheel on this iPod was completely governed by touch.

iBook G4 – 2004

A slot loading drive and a lack of translucent design characterized this release of the iBook.

Generation 4 – 2004
The fourth generation saw the Touch Wheel replaced with the Click Wheel from the iPod Mini. A special Harry Potter edition and U2 edition were released in this generation.

iMac G5 – 2005

The G5 lacked the swivel functionality of the G4 but introduced the “behind-the-screen” component design principle which characterized future iMac designs.

Fifth Generation – 2005

2005 brought this iteration of the iPod, unofficially dubbed iPod Video.

iPod Shuffle – 2005
This first generation was introduced at MacWorld with the tag line “Life is Random”.

Mac Mini – 2005

This diminutive computer only measured 6.5″ by 2″. It weighed in at 2.5 pounds.

Mac Pro – 2006

This machine integrated Intel’s 5400 chipset with Xeon microprocessors for a lightning fast processing speed.

MacBook Pro - 2006

iPod Shuffle – 2006

The smaller iPod Shuffle is the smallest device made by Apple. It relies on flash memory rather than a hard disk like the other iPods.

iPhone – 2007
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.

iMac (Intel Based) – Aluminum – 2007

The current iMac models pack all of the components necessary to the operation of a computer behind the monitor in a perfect realization of “slim design”.

Apple TV 2007

iPod Touch – 2007
The 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.