History of Apple Computers and iPods

Apple computers has had a varied and interesting history. ilovemymac.co.uk has summarised the history in 2 timelines; Apple Computers and iPods.

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Apple Computers Timeline

Year	Month	Model
1984	January	Macintosh 128K
1984	September	Macintosh 512K
1985	January	Macintosh XL
	January	Macintosh Plus
	April	Macintosh 512Ke
1987	February	Macintosh SE
1987	March	Macintosh II
1988	September	Macintosh IIx
1989	January	Macintosh SE/30
	March	Macintosh IIcx
	August	Macintosh SE FDHD
	September	Macintosh IIci
	September	Macintosh Portable
1990	March	Macintosh IIfx
	October	Macintosh LC
		Macintosh Classic
		Macintosh IIsi
1991	February	Macintosh Portable (backlit screen)
	October	Macintosh Classic II
		Quadra 700
		Quadra 900
		PowerBook 100
		PowerBook 140
		PowerBook 170
1992	March	Macintosh LC II
	May	Quadra 950
	August	PowerBook 145
	October	Macintosh IIvi
		Macintosh IIvx
		PowerBook 160
		PowerBook 180
		PowerBook Duo 210
		PowerBook Duo 230
1993	February	Macintosh LC III / III+
		Macintosh Color Classic
		Centris 610
		Centris 650
		Quadra 800
		PowerBook 165c
	March	Workgroup Server 80
	March	Workgroup Server 95
	June	PowerBook 145b
		PowerBook 180c
		Macintosh LC 520
	July	Workgroup Server 60
		Centris / Quadra 660AV
		Quadra 840AV
	August	PowerBook 165
	October	Macintosh Color Classic II
		Macintosh TV
		Quadra 605
		Quadra 610
		Quadra 650
		PowerBook Duo 250
		PowerBook Duo 270c
1994	February	Macintosh LC 550
	February	Macintosh LC 575
	March	Power Macintosh 6100
		Power Macintosh 7100
		Power Macintosh 8100
	April	Workgroup Server 6150
		Workgroup Server 8150
		Workgroup Server 9150
	May	PowerBook 520/c
		PowerBook 540/c
		PowerBook 550
		PowerBook Duo 280
		PowerBook Duo 280c
	July	Quadra 630
	July	PowerBook 150
1995	January	Power Macintosh 6200 / 6300
	April	Macintosh LC 580
	April	Performa 5200
	June	Power Macintosh 9500
	August	Power Macintosh 7200
		Power Macintosh 7500
		Power Macintosh 8500
		PowerBook 190
		PowerBook 5300
		PowerBook Duo 2300c
1996	February	Apple Network Server 500
		Apple Network Server 700/150
		Workgroup Server 7250
		Workgroup Server 8550
	March	Performa 5260 / 5300
	April	Performa 5400
	April	Power Macintosh 7600
	October	Apple Network Server 700/200
		Performa 6360
		Performa 6400
	November	Power Macintosh 4400
	November	PowerBook 1400
1997	February	Power Macintosh 5500
		Power Macintosh 6500
		Power Macintosh 7300
		Power Macintosh 8600
		Power Macintosh 9600
		PowerBook 3400
	March	Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh
	April	Workgroup Server 7350
	April	Workgroup Server 9650
	May	PowerBook 2400c
	November	Power Macintosh G3 desktop
		Power Macintosh G3 minitower
		PowerBook G3
1998	January	Power Macintosh G3 AIO
	March	Macintosh Server G3
	May	PowerBook G3 series
	August	iMac
1999	January	Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White)
	January	Macintosh Server G3 (Blue & White)
	May	PowerBook G3 ("Lombard")
	July	iBook
	August	Macintosh Server G4
	October	iMac (slot loading)
	October	Power Macintosh G4 Graphite
2000	February	PowerBook ("Pismo")
	July	Power Macintosh G4 Cube
	September	iBook (FireWire)
2001	January	PowerBook G4 Titanium
	May	iBook (white)
	July	Power Macintosh G4 Quicksilver
	September	Server G4 Quicksilver
2002	January	iMac G4 15"
	January	iBook (14")
	April	eMac
	May	Xserve
	July	iMac G4 17"
	August	Power Macintosh G4 MDD
	August	Macintosh Server G4 MDD
2003	January	PowerBook G4 Aluminum (12")
	January	PowerBook G4 Aluminum (17")
	February	Xserve slot loading
	February	Xserve Cluster Node
	June	Power Macintosh G5
	September	PowerBook G4 Aluminum (15")
	October	iBook G4 (12" / 14")
	November	iMac G4 20"
2004	January	Xserve G5
	January	Xserve Cluster Node G5
	June	Power Macintosh G5 FX
	August	iMac G5 17"
	August	iMac G5 20"
2005	January	Mac mini
2005	October	Power Macintosh G5 dual core
2006	January	iMac (Early 2006)
	February	MacBook Pro (15")
		Mac mini Core Solo
		Mac mini Core Duo
	April	MacBook Pro (17")
	May	MacBook
	August	Mac Pro
	August	Xserve (Intel)
	September	iMac (Mid 2006)
2007	August	iMac (Mid 2007)
2007	August	Mac mini Core 2 Duo
2008	January	Xserve Harpertown
		Mac Pro Harpertown
		MacBook Air
	February	MacBook Penryn
	February	MacBook Pro Penryn
	April	iMac

iPod Timeline

Year	Month	Model	Capacity (GB)
2001	October	Classic	5, 10
2002	July		10, 20
2003	April		10, 15, 20, 30, 40
2004	July		20, 40
2004	October		photo: 30, 40, 60 color: 20, 60
2005	October		30, 60, 80
2007	September		80, 160

2004	January	Mini (replaced by Nano)	4
2005	February	Mini (replaced by Nano)	4, 6

2005	September	Nano	1, 2, 4
2006	September		2, 4, 8
2007	September		4, 8

2005	January	Shuffle	512(MB), 1
2006	September		1
2008	February		2

2007	September	Touch	8, 16
2008	February	Touch	32