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Thirty years of the Macintosh

Another member of the iMac G3 family, 1999's DV stood for "digital video."
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iMac DV Another member of the iMac G3 family, 1999's DV stood for "digital video."
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Power Mac G4 Cube This 2000 computer's boxy design was a throwback to the NeXt device that Steve Jobs
worked on during his hiatus from Apple. Designed by Apple's Jony Ive, there's a G4 in New York's Museum of
Modern Art.
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Flat-panel iMac Jobs introduces the all-new flat-panel iMac computer during his keynote speech at the
Macworld Expo in January 2002.
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eMac Short for "education Mac," the eMac was originally intended to be marketed to schools, but was later
offered in wider release.
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PowerMac G5 PowerMac G5 was Apple's name for its first 64-bit computer, which featured IBM's PowerPC G5
CPU. It was easily Apple's most powerful computer to date.
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Mac G5 Jobs opens the Apple Worldwide Developers conference in June 2005 while using a Mac G5 with an
Intel processing chip. In the presentation Jobs announces that Apple will be switching from IBM to Intel for its
processing chip.
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Mac Pro A new Apple Mac Pro desktop computer is displayed at the 2006 Apple Worldwide Developer's
Conference in San Francisco.
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iMac People check out the new iMac and wireless keyboard after Jobs introduced new versions of the iMac and
iLife applications on August 7, 2007.
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MacBook Air By the mid-2000s, Macs were increasingly laptops instead of desktops. Here Jobs holds up the
new MacBook Air after a keynote speech kicking off the 2008 Macworld conference in San Francisco.
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Mac Pro Released in December 2013, the new Mac Pro is Apple's high-end workhorse computer for users with
intense graphic and video needs. It's a silver and black cylinder that stands 10 inches tall.
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iMac, again Today's Mac has come a long way from its beige, boxy and black-and-white beginnings. Here is
Apple's newest iMac, with a 27-inch monitor.
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This week marks the 30th anniversary of Apple's Mac desktop computer, which was introduced by Steve Jobs on
January 24, 1984. In this gallery, we take a look at some of the many faces of the iconic machine.
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The original Macintosh Apple co-founder Steve Jobs poses in 1984 with a room full of original Macintoshes.
The machine packed 128K of memory -- tiny by today's standards -- and sold for $2,495.
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Macintosh IIci Released September 20, 1989, the Macintosh IIci featured the revamped, compact design of the
second wave of Macs. It was one of the most popular Macs ever, continuing to sell until it was discontinued in
1993.
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Macintosh Color Classic II Released in 1993, the Macintosh Color Classic II was an iteration of Apple's first
color compact computer. With a look that harked back to the original Macs, the Color Classic shipped with the
trademark Apple keyboard and mouse. The II, which packed double the RAM and speed, was released in Japan,
Canada and elsewhere, but not the United States.
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Macintosh TV You can't win 'em all. The Macintosh TV, released in 1993, was Apple's first effort at televisioncomputer integration. It was black, a departure from the usual Mac look, with a 14-inch screen. Only about
10,000 were made, though, before it was discontinued in February 1994.
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Power Macintosh 6100 1994's Power Macintosh 6100 was the first Mac to use the new Power PC processor
built by IBM and Motorola. The first computer to run Apple's Mac OS9 operating system, it came in what came to
be known as the "pizza box" design.
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Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh Sold to mark Apple's 20 years in existence, the Twentieth Anniversary
Macintosh sold in 1996 for $7,495. It featured metallic gold-green paint and was one of the first computers to
include an LCD display.
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Power Macintosh G3 The B&W (Blue and White) version followed a more traditional beige Power Mac G3 in
1999. While it shared a name and processor with the previous version, little else was the same.
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'Flower Power' iMac The iMac G3 line featured a variety of designs and colors, using translucent and colored
plastics. In addition to colors like Tangerine, Blueberry and Grape, Apple offered this "flower power" version
(derided as one of Apple's ugliest products).
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Steve Jobs introduces the new Power Mac G4 computer in San Francisco in 1999.
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Power Mac G4 Steve Jobs introduces the new Power Mac G4 computer in San Francisco in 1999.
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Another member of the iMac G3 family, 1999's DV stood for "digital video."
Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos
iMac DV Another member of the iMac G3 family, 1999's DV stood for "digital video."
Hide Caption
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Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos

Power Mac G4 Cube This 2000 computer's boxy design was a throwback to the NeXt device that Steve Jobs
worked on during his hiatus from Apple. Designed by Apple's Jony Ive, there's a G4 in New York's Museum of
Modern Art.
Hide Caption
12 of 21

Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos

Flat-panel iMac Jobs introduces the all-new flat-panel iMac computer during his keynote speech at the
Macworld Expo in January 2002.
Hide Caption
13 of 21

Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos

eMac Short for "education Mac," the eMac was originally intended to be marketed to schools, but was later
offered in wider release.
Hide Caption
14 of 21

Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos

PowerMac G5 PowerMac G5 was Apple's name for its first 64-bit computer, which featured IBM's PowerPC G5
CPU. It was easily Apple's most powerful computer to date.
Hide Caption
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Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos

Mac G5 Jobs opens the Apple Worldwide Developers conference in June 2005 while using a Mac G5 with an
Intel processing chip. In the presentation Jobs announces that Apple will be switching from IBM to Intel for its
processing chip.
Hide Caption
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Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos

Mac Pro A new Apple Mac Pro desktop computer is displayed at the 2006 Apple Worldwide Developer's
Conference in San Francisco.
Hide Caption
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Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos

iMac People check out the new iMac and wireless keyboard after Jobs introduced new versions of the iMac and
iLife applications on August 7, 2007.
Hide Caption
18 of 21

Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos

MacBook Air By the mid-2000s, Macs were increasingly laptops instead of desktops. Here Jobs holds up the
new MacBook Air after a keynote speech kicking off the 2008 Macworld conference in San Francisco.
Hide Caption
19 of 21

Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos

Mac Pro Released in December 2013, the new Mac Pro is Apple's high-end workhorse computer for users with
intense graphic and video needs. It's a silver and black cylinder that stands 10 inches tall.
Hide Caption
20 of 21

Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos

iMac, again Today's Mac has come a long way from its beige, boxy and black-and-white beginnings. Here is
Apple's newest iMac, with a 27-inch monitor.
Hide Caption
21 of 21

Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos

This week marks the 30th anniversary of Apple's Mac desktop computer, which was introduced by Steve Jobs on
January 24, 1984. In this gallery, we take a look at some of the many faces of the iconic machine.
Hide Caption
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Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos

The original Macintosh Apple co-founder Steve Jobs poses in 1984 with a room full of original Macintoshes.
The machine packed 128K of memory -- tiny by today's standards -- and sold for $2,495.
Hide Caption
2 of 21

Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos

Macintosh IIci Released September 20, 1989, the Macintosh IIci featured the revamped, compact design of the
second wave of Macs. It was one of the most popular Macs ever, continuing to sell until it was discontinued in
1993.
Hide Caption
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Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos

Macintosh Color Classic II Released in 1993, the Macintosh Color Classic II was an iteration of Apple's first
color compact computer. With a look that harked back to the original Macs, the Color Classic shipped with the
trademark Apple keyboard and mouse. The II, which packed double the RAM and speed, was released in Japan,
Canada and elsewhere, but not the United States.
Hide Caption
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Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos

Macintosh TV You can't win 'em all. The Macintosh TV, released in 1993, was Apple's first effort at televisioncomputer integration. It was black, a departure from the usual Mac look, with a 14-inch screen. Only about
10,000 were made, though, before it was discontinued in February 1994.
Hide Caption
5 of 21

Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos

Power Macintosh 6100 1994's Power Macintosh 6100 was the first Mac to use the new Power PC processor
built by IBM and Motorola. The first computer to run Apple's Mac OS9 operating system, it came in what came to
be known as the "pizza box" design.
Hide Caption
6 of 21

Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos

Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh Sold to mark Apple's 20 years in existence, the Twentieth Anniversary
Macintosh sold in 1996 for $7,495. It featured metallic gold-green paint and was one of the first computers to
include an LCD display.
Hide Caption
7 of 21

Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos

Power Macintosh G3 The B&W (Blue and White) version followed a more traditional beige Power Mac G3 in
1999. While it shared a name and processor with the previous version, little else was the same.
Hide Caption
8 of 21

Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos

'Flower Power' iMac The iMac G3 line featured a variety of designs and colors, using translucent and colored
plastics. In addition to colors like Tangerine, Blueberry and Grape, Apple offered this "flower power" version
(derided as one of Apple's ugliest products).
Hide Caption
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Steve Jobs introduces the new Power Mac G4 computer in San Francisco in 1999.
Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos
Power Mac G4 Steve Jobs introduces the new Power Mac G4 computer in San Francisco in 1999.
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Another member of the iMac G3 family, 1999's DV stood for "digital video."
Thirty years of the Macintosh 21 photos
iMac DV Another member of the iMac G3 family, 1999's DV stood for "digital video."
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