Timeline of Macintosh models

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This timeline of Macintosh models lists all major types of Macintosh computers produced by Apple Computer in order of introduction date. Macintosh Performa models are not listed unless there is no "mainline" Macintosh. Also not listed are subtypes like the Performa 611x series that differ only very slightly from the main model. The Apple Network Server is included even though it is not classed as a Macintosh, because of its unique role in Apple's server lineup of the era.

See also: Timeline of Apple II Family

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Macintosh 128K

Year	Launched	Model	Family	Discontinued
1984	January 24	Macintosh 128K	Compact	October 1, 1985
1984	September 10	Macintosh 512K	Compact	April 14, 1986

1985	January 1	Macintosh XL	Compact	April 1, 1985

1986	January 16	Macintosh Plus	Compact	October 15, 1990
1986	April 14	Macintosh 512Ke	Compact	October 1, 1987

Macintosh II

1987	February 3	Macintosh SE	Compact	August 1, 1989
1987	March 2	Macintosh II	Mac II	January 15, 1990

1988	September 19	Macintosh IIx	Mac II	October 15, 1990

1989	January 19	Macintosh SE/30	Compact	October 21, 1991
	March 7	Macintosh IIcx	Mac II	March 11, 1991
	August 1	Macintosh SE FDHD	Compact	October 15, 1990
	September 20	Macintosh IIci	Mac II	February 20, 1993
	September 20	Macintosh Portable	Portable	February 11, 1991

Macintosh LC

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
	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

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
	March 22	Workgroup Server 95	Workgroup Server	April 3, 1995
	June 7	PowerBook 145b	PowerBook	July 18, 1994
	June 7	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
	July 29	Quadra 840AV	Quadra	July 18, 1994
	August 16	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
	February 2	Macintosh LC 575	LC	April 3, 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
	July 18	PowerBook 150	PowerBook	October 14, 1995

Power Macintosh 9500

1995	January 28	Power Macintosh 6200 / 6300	Power Macintosh	October 17, 1996
	April 3	Macintosh LC 580	LC	October 1, 1995
	April 3	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
		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
	February 15	Apple Network Server 700/150	Network Server	April 1, 1997
	February 26	Workgroup Server 7250	Workgroup Server	April 21, 1997
	February 26	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
	April 1	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
	April 21	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
	January 5	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

"Pismo" PowerBook

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

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

iMac G4

2002	January 7	iMac G4 15"	iMac	August 31, 2004
	January 7	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
	January 7	PowerBook G4 Aluminum (17")	PowerBook G4	April 24, 2006
	February 10	Xserve slot loading	Xserve	January 6, 2004
	February 10	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
	January 6	Xserve Cluster Node G5	Xserve	August 7, 2006
	June 9	Power Macintosh G5 FX	Power Macintosh	October 19, 2005
	August 31	iMac G5 17"	iMac	January 10, 2006
	August 31	iMac G5 20"	iMac	March 20, 2006

Mac mini

2005	January 11	Mac mini	Mac mini	February 28, 2006
2005	October 19	Power Macintosh G5 dual core	Power Macintosh	August 7, 2006

2006	January 10	iMac (Early 2006)	iMac	September 6, 2006
	September 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 24	MacBook Pro (17")	MacBook	February 26, 2008
	May 16	MacBook	MacBook	February 26, 2008
	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	August 7	iMac (Mid 2007)	iMac	current
2007	August 7	Mac mini Core 2 Duo	Mac mini	current

MacBook Air

2008	January 8	Xserve Harpertown	Xserve	current
	January 8	Mac Pro Harpertown	Mac Pro	current
	January 15	MacBook Air	MacBook	current
	February 26	MacBook Penryn	MacBook	current
	February 26	MacBook Pro Penryn	MacBook	current
	April 28	iMac	iMac	current

[edit] See also

[edit] References

Specifications, Apple Computer, Inc.
Mac Systems: Apple, EveryMac.com
Glen Sanford, Apple History, apple-history.com
Dan Knight, Computer Profiles, LowEndMac, Cobweb Publishing, Inc.

v • d • e Apple hardware

Apples	Apple I · Apple II family (II, II Plus, II Europlus, II J-Plus, IIe, IIc, IIGS, IIc Plus) · Apple III family (Apple III, III Plus)

Lisas	Lisa · Lisa 2/5 · Lisa 2/10

Macintosh desktops	Compact Macintosh family (128K, 512K, XL, Plus, 512Ke, SE, SE/30, SE FDHD, Classic, Classic II, Color Classic, Color Classic II) · Macintosh II family (II, IIx, IIcx, IIci, IIfx, IIsi, IIvi, IIvx) · LC family (LC, LC II, LC III, LC 475, LC III+, LC 520, LC 550, LC 575, LC 580, LC 630, 5200 LC, 5260 LC, 5300 LC, 5400 LC) · Performa family · Macintosh TV · Quadra family (700, 900, 950, 800, 840AV, 610, 650, 660AV, 605, 630) · Centris family* (610, 650, 660AV) · Power Macintosh family* (6100, 7100, 8100, 6200, 5200, 9500, 7200, 7500, 8500, 6300, 5260, 5300, 5400, 7600, 6400, 4400, 5500, 6500, 7300, 8600, 9600, G3, B&W, G4, Cube, G5) · 20^th Anniversary Mac · iMac family (G3, G4, G5, Core, Core 2) · eMac · Mac Pro · Mac mini family (G4; Core; Core 2)

Laptops	Macintosh Portable · PowerBook family: (100 series (100, 140, 170, 145, 160, 180, 165c, 145B, 180c, 165, 150) · Duo series (210, 230, 250, 270c, 280, 280c, 2300c) · 500 series (520, 520c, 540, 540c, 550c) · 190 series (190, 190cs) · 5300 series (5300, 5300cs, 5300c, 5300ce) · 1400 series (1400c, 1400cs) · 3400c · 2400c · G3 series (Wallstreet, Lombard, Pismo) · G4 series (Titanium, Aluminum)) · iBook family: (G3 series (Clamshell, Dual USB) · G4) · MacBook family: (MacBook series (Core; Core 2) · Pro series (Core; Core 2) · Air series (Core 2))

Servers	Workgroup Server (95, 60, 80, 6150, 8150, 9150, 7250, 8550, 7350, 9650) · Network Server (500, 700) · Macintosh Server (G3, G4) · Xserve (G4, CN; G5, CN; Intel)

Consumer electronics	Apple Fax · Apple TV · AppleCD · Cinema Display · iPhone · iPod (classic, photo, mini, iPod+HP, shuffle, nano, touch) · Newton (MessagePad, eMate 300) · Printers (Color Printer, Dot Matrix Printer, ImageWriter, LaserWriter, Scribe Printer, SilenType, StyleWriter, Portable StyleWriter) · QuickTake

Other projects and accessories	300 Modem · 3.5" Drive · AirPort (Card, Base Station) · Disk II, IIc · Hard Disk 20, 20SC · IIe Card · Interactive Television Box · iPod accessories (Dock Connector, Camera Connector, iPod Hi-Fi, Nike+iPod) · iSight · Keyboard (Adjustable, Extended, Pro, Wireless) · Mouse (Pro, Wireless, Mighty Mouse) · Paladin · Peripheral Cards (80-Column Text, Accelerators, Clocks, Processors, Serials) · Pippin · PowerCD · Remote · Time Capsule · USB Modem · Xserve RAID

Italics indicate hardware currently produced. See also: Apple hardware before 1998, Apple hardware since 1998.