History of Apple computers and PDAs

Most of this data is from this Wikipedia page. I added the non-Macintosh computers and made many of the dates more accurate.


Year Available Model Family Announced Discontinued
1976 Apr Apple 1 Motherboard 1976 April 1977
1977 Jun 5 Apple ][ Desktop 1977 Apr 16 1980
1979 Apple ][+ Desktop 1979 1983
1980 Jun Apple /// Desktop 1980 May 1985
1983 Jan Lisa All-In-One1 1983 Jan 1985 Jan 1
Apple //e Desktop 1983 Jan 1984 Jan
1984 Jan 24 Lisa 2 All-In-One1 1984 Jan 24 1985 Mar
Apr? Macintosh 128K Compact AiO1 1984 Jan 24 1985 Jan 10
Apr Apple //c Portable 1984 Apr
Sep? Macintosh 512K Compact AiO1 1984 Sep 10 1986 Apr 14
1985 Jan Macintosh XL Compact AiO1 1985 Jan 1 1986 Aug 1
Mar Apple //e enhanced Desktop 1985 Mar 1993
1986 Jan Macintosh Plus Compact AiO1 1986 Jan 16 1990 Oct 15
Apr Macintosh 512Ke Compact AiO1 1986 Apr 14 1987 Oct 1
Sep Apple IIGS Desktop 1986 Jan 16 1992 Dec
1987 Mar Macintosh SE Compact AiO1 1987 Feb 3 1989 Aug 1
Mar Macintosh II Desktop 1987 Mar 2 1990 Jan 15
1988 Sep Macintosh IIx Desktop 1988 Sep 19 1990 Oct 15
? Apple //c plus Portable 1988 Sep 1990 Nov
1989 Jan 19 Macintosh SE/30 Compact AiO1 1989 Jan 19 1991 Oct 21
Mar 7 Macintosh IIcx Desktop 1989 Mar 7 1991 Mar 11
Aug 1 Macintosh SE FDHD Compact AiO1 1989 Aug 1 1990 Oct 15
Sep 20 Macintosh IIci Desktop 1989 Sep 20 1993 Feb 20
Macintosh Portable Portable 1989 Sep 20 1991 Feb 11
1990 Mar 19 Macintosh IIfx Desktop 1990 Mar 19 1992 Apr 15
Oct 15 Macintosh LC Desktop 1990 Oct 15 1992 Mar 23
Macintosh Classic Compact AiO1 1990 Oct 15 1992 Sep 14
Macintosh IIsi Desktop 1990 Oct 15 1993 Mar 15
1991 Feb 11 Macintosh Portable (backlit screen) Portable 1991 Feb 11 1991 Oct 21
Oct 21 Macintosh Classic II Compact AiO1 1991 Oct 21 1993 Sep 13
Quadra 700 Desktop 1991 Oct 21 1993 Mar 15
Quadra 900 Desktop 1991 Oct 21 1992 May 18
PowerBook 100 Consumer Portable 1991 Oct 21 1992 Aug 3
PowerBook 140 Pro Portable 1991 Oct 21 1992 Aug 3
PowerBook 170 Pro Portable 1991 Oct 21 1992 Oct 19
1992 Mar 23 Macintosh LC II Desktop 1992 Mar 23 1993 Mar 15
May 18 Quadra 950 Desktop 1992 May 18 1995 Oct 14
Aug 3 PowerBook 145 Portable 1992 Aug 3 1993 Jul 7
Oct 19 Macintosh IIvi Desktop 1992 Oct 19 1993 Feb 10
Macintosh IIvx Desktop 1992 Oct 19 1993 Oct 10
PowerBook 160 Portable 1992 Oct 19 1993 Aug 16
PowerBook 180 Portable 1992 Oct 19 1994 May 16
PowerBook Duo 210 Portable 1992 Oct 19 1993 Oct 21
PowerBook Duo 230 Portable 1992 Oct 19 1994 Jul 27
1993 Feb 10 Macintosh LC III / III+ Desktop 1993 Feb 10 1994 Feb 14
Macintosh Color Classic Compact AiO1 1993 Feb 10 1994 May 16
Centris 610 Desktop 1993 Feb 10 1993 Oct 21
Centris 650 Desktop 1993 Feb 10 1993 Oct 21
Quadra 800 Desktop 1993 Feb 10 1994 Mar 14
PowerBook 165c Portable 1993 Feb 10 1993 Dec 13
Mar 22 Workgroup Server 80 Server 1993 Mar 22 1995 Oct 17
Workgroup Server 95 Server 1993 Mar 22 1995 Apr 3
Jun 7 PowerBook 145b Portable 1993 Jun 7 1994 Jul 18
PowerBook 180c Portable 1993 Jun 7 1994 Mar 14
Jun 28 Macintosh LC 520 Desktop 1993 Jun 28 1994 Feb 2
Jul 26 Workgroup Server 60 Server 1993 Jul 26 1995 Oct 17
Jul 29 Centris / Quadra 660AV Desktop 1993 Jul 29 1994 Sep 12
Quadra 840AV Desktop 1993 Jul 29 1994 Jul 18
Aug 16 PowerBook 165 Portable 1993 Aug 16 1994 Jul 18
Oct 10 Macintosh Color Classic II Compact AiO1 1993 Oct 10 1995 Nov 1
Oct 21 Macintosh TV Desktop 1993 Oct 21 1995 Feb 1
Quadra 605 Desktop 1993 Oct 21 1994 Oct 17
Quadra 610 Desktop 1993 Oct 21 1994 Jul 18
Quadra 650 Desktop 1993 Oct 21 1994 Sep 12
PowerBook Duo 250 Portable 1993 Oct 21 1994 May 16
PowerBook Duo 270c Portable 1993 Oct 21 1994 May 16
1994 Feb 2 Macintosh LC 550 Desktop 1994 Feb 2 1995 Mar 23
Macintosh LC 575 Desktop 1994 Feb 2 1995 Apr 3
Mar 14 Power Macintosh 6100 Desktop 1994 Mar 14 1996 May 18
Power Macintosh 7100 Desktop 1994 Mar 14 1996 Jan 6
Power Macintosh 8100 Desktop 1994 Mar 14 1996 Aug 14
Apr 26 Workgroup Server 6150 Server 1994 Apr 26 1995 Oct 1
Workgroup Server 8150 Server 1994 Apr 26 1996 Feb 26
Workgroup Server 9150 Server 1994 Apr 26 1996 Feb 26
May 16 PowerBook 520/c Portable 1994 May 16 1995 Sep 16
PowerBook 540/c Portable 1994 May 16 1995 Aug 16
PowerBook 550 Portable 1994 May 16 1996 Apr 1
PowerBook Duo 280/c Portable 1994 May 16 1994 Nov 14
Jul 18 Quadra 630 Desktop 1994 Jul 18 1995 Apr 17
PowerBook 150 Portable 1994 Jul 18 1995 Oct 14
1995 Jan 28 Power Macintosh 6200 / 6300 Desktop 1995 Jan 28 1996 Oct 17
Apr 3 Macintosh LC 580 Desktop 1995 Apr 3 1995 Oct 1
Performa 5200 Desktop 1995 Apr 3 1996 Oct 1
Jun 19 Power Macintosh 9500 Desktop 1995 Jun 19 1997 Feb 17
Aug 7 Power Macintosh 7200 Desktop 1995 Aug 7 1996 Apr 1
Power Macintosh 7500 Desktop 1995 Aug 7 1997 Feb 17
Power Macintosh 8500 Desktop 1995 Aug 7 1997 Feb 17
Aug 28 PowerBook 190 Pro Portable 1995 Aug 28 1996 Sep 1
PowerBook 5300 Portable 1995 Aug 28 1996 Sep 1
PowerBook Duo 2300c Portable 1995 Aug 28 1997 Feb 1
1996 Feb 15 Apple Network Server 500 Server 1996 Feb 15 1997 Apr 1
Apple Network Server 700/150 Server 1996 Feb 15 1997 Apr 1
Feb 26 Workgroup Server 7250 Server 1996 Feb 26 1997 Apr 21
Workgroup Server 8550 Server 1996 Feb 26 1997 Apr 21
Mar 10 Performa 5260 / 5300 Desktop 1996 Mar 10 1997 Apr 1
Apr 1 Performa 5400 Desktop 1996 Apr 1 1997 Feb 17
Power Macintosh 7600 Desktop 1996 Apr 1 1997 Oct 1
Oct 16 Apple Network Server 700/200 Network Server 1996 Oct 16 1997 Apr 1
Oct 17 Performa 6360 Desktop 1996 Oct 17 1997 Oct 1
Oct 23 Performa 6400 Desktop 1996 Oct 23 1997 May 1
Nov 15 Power Macintosh 4400 Desktop 1996 Nov 15 1997 Oct 11
Nov 20 PowerBook 1400 Portable 1996 Nov 20 1998 May 6
1997 Feb 17 Power Macintosh 5500 Desktop 1997 Feb 17 1998 Mar 31
Power Macintosh 6500 Desktop 1997 Feb 17 1998 Mar 14
Power Macintosh 7300 Desktop 1997 Feb 17 1997 Nov 10
Power Macintosh 8600 Desktop 1997 Feb 17 1998 Feb 17
Power Macintosh 9600 Desktop 1997 Feb 17 1998 Mar 17
PowerBook 3400 Portable 1997 Feb 17 1998 Mar 14
Mar 19 Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh All-in-One1 1997 Mar 19 1998 Mar 14
Mar 24 Newton Messagepad 2000 PDA 1997 Mar 24 ?
Apr? eMate 300 PDA 1997 Jan 7
Apr 21 Workgroup Server 7350 Server 1997 Apr 21 1998 Mar 2
Workgroup Server 9650 Server 1997 Apr 21 1998 Mar 2
May 8 PowerBook 2400c Portable 1997 May 8 1998 Mar 14
Nov 10 Power Macintosh G3 desktop Pro Desktop 1997 Nov 10 1999 Jan 5
Power Macintosh G3 minitower Pro Desktop 1997 Nov 10 1999 Jan 5
PowerBook G3 Pro Portable 1997 Nov 10 1998 Mar 14
1998 Jan 31 Power Macintosh G3 AIO All-in-One1 1998 Jan 31 1998 Oct 17
Mar 2 Macintosh Server G3 Server 1998 Mar 2 1999 Jan 1
May 6 PowerBook G3 series Pro Portable 1998 May 6 1999 May 10
Aug 15 iMac Consumer Desktop 1998 Aug 15 1999 May 10
1999 Jan 5 Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White) Pro Desktop 1999 Jan 5 1999 Oct 13
Macintosh Server G3 (Blue & White) Server 1999 Jan 5 1999 Aug 31
May 10 PowerBook G3 ("Lombard") Pro Portable 1999 May 10 2000 Feb 16
Jul 21 iBook Consumer Portable 1999 Jul 21 2000 Sep 13
Aug 31 Macintosh Server G4 Server 1999 Aug 31 2000 Jul 19
Oct 5 iMac (slot loading) Consumer Desktop 1999 Oct 5 2002 Jan 7
Oct 13 Power Macintosh G4 Graphite Pro Desktop 1999 Oct 13 2001 Jul 18
2000 Feb 16 PowerBook ("Pismo") Pro Portable 2000 Feb 16 2001 Jan 9
Jul 19 Power Macintosh G4 Cube Compact Desktop 2000 Jul 19 2001 Jul 3
Sep 13 iBook (FireWire) Consumer Portable 2000 Sep 13 2001 May 1
2001 Jan 31 PowerBook G4 Titanium Pro Portable 2001 Jan 9 2003 Sep 16
Feb 28 Power Mac G4 733 MHz Pro Desktop 2001 Jan 9 2001 Jul 18
May 1 iBook (white) Consumer Portable 2001 May 1 2003 Oct
Jul 18 Power Macintosh G4 Quicksilver Pro Desktop 2001 Jul 18 2002 Aug 13
Sep 8 Server G4 Quicksilver Server 2001 Sep 8 2002 May 14
2002 Jan 7 iMac G4 15" Consumer Desktop 2002 Jan 7 2004 Aug 31
iBook (14") Consumer Portable 2002 Jan 7 2003 Oct 22
Apr 29 eMac Consumer Desktop 2002 Apr 29 sometime after 2006 Jul 3
May 14 Xserve Rackmount Server 2002 May 14 2003 Feb 10
Jul 17 iMac G4 17" Consumer Desktop 2002 Jul 17 2004 Aug 31
Aug 13 Power Macintosh G4 MDD Pro Desktop 2002 Aug 13 2004 Jun 9
Aug 27 Macintosh Server G4 MDD Server 2002 Aug 27 2003 Jan 28
2003 Jan 7 PowerBook G4 Aluminum (12") Pro Portable 2003 Jan 7 2006 May 16
PowerBook G4 Aluminum (17") Pro Portable 2003 Jan 7 2006 Apr 24
Feb 10 Xserve slot loading Rackmount Server 2003 Feb 10 2004 Jan 6
Xserve Cluster Node Rackmount Server 2003 Feb 10 2004 Jan 6
Jun 23 Power Macintosh G5 Pro Desktop 2003 Jun 23 2004 Jun 9
Sep 16 PowerBook G4 Aluminum (15") Pro Portable 2003 Sep 16 2006 Feb 14
Oct 22 iBook G4 (12" / 14") Consumer Portable 2003 Oct 22 2006 May 16
Nov 18 iMac G4 20" Consumer Desktop 2003 Nov 18 2004 Aug 31
2004 Jan 6 Xserve G5 Rackmount Server 2004 Jan 6 sometime after 2006 Jul 3
Xserve Cluster Node G5 Rackmount Server 2004 Jan 6 sometime after 2006 Jul 3
Jun 9 Power Macintosh G5 FX Pro Desktop 2006 Jun 9 2005 Oct 19
Aug 31 iMac G5 17" Consumer Desktop 2004 Aug 31 2006 Jan 10
iMac G5 20" Consumer Desktop 2004 Aug 31 2006 Mar 20
2005 Jan 11 Mac mini Compact Desktop 2005 Jan 11 2006 Feb 28
Oct 19 Power Macintosh G5 dual core 2005 Oct 19 Power Macintosh sometime after 2006 Jul 3
2006 Jan 10 iMac Core Duo (17" / 20") Consumer Desktop 2006 Jan 10 sometime after 2006 Jul 3
Feb 14 MacBook Pro (15") Pro Portable 2006 Feb 14 sometime after 2006 Jul 3
Feb 28 Mac mini with Intel Core Compact Desktop 2006 Feb 28 sometime after 2006 Jul 3
Apr 24 MacBook Pro (17") Pro Portable 2006 Apr 24 sometime after 2006 Jul 3
May 16 MacBook Consumer Portable 2006 May 16 sometime after 2006 Jul 3


Footnotes


1 : AiO: "All-in-One": A desktop computer that contains the motherboard and a display, and sometimes other items too. The original Macintosh was an AiO, but on this page I am referring to it as a "Compact".

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