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Apple
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Other
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1996
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- Last 680X0-based Mac discontinued.
- 04.22: Power Mac 7600
replaces 7500, moves to PowerPC 604 CPU.
- 05.01: DayStar Genesis MP
300 introduced, first Mac OS computer with dual CPUs.
- May: Umax joins the Mac clone market.
- Aug.: Apple kills Copland project.
- Sept.: Motorola joins the Mac clone market.
- 10.01: PowerBook 1400
introduced.
- Oct.: Apple releases System 7.5.5.
- 10.30: DayStar Genesis MP
528 introduced, first Mac OS computer with four CPUs.
- 11.07: Power Mac 4400
is Apple's answer to the Mac clones.
- Dec.: Apple agrees to acquire NeXT; Steve Jobs returns to Apple.
- More in Macintosh History:
1996
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1997
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- BeOS port to
Intel underway.
- 56k modems take the industry by storm.
- Cable modems and WebTV introduced.
- May. Intel ships Pentium II CPU.
- June. Intel ships Pentium MMX CPU.
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1998
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- 01.19: Mac OS 8.1 introduced.
- 02.27: Apple discontinues Newton development.
- 03.17: Beige Power Mac
G3 reaches 300 MHz.
- 05.04: Apple announces PowerBook G3 Series.
- 05.06: Steve Jobs announces the iMac, which won't ship
until mid-August, and creates a media feeding frenzy.
- 05.29: Umax, the last Mac OS
licensee, pulls out of the Mac clone market.
- 08.15: iMac officially available,
largest model rollout in the industry.
- 08.31: Apple discontinues support for all 68000- and
68020-based Macs, as well as most 86030-based models.
- August to November: iMac top selling US computer,
sells 800,000 units during 1998
- Apple has first year with four profitable quarters since
1985.
- 10.17: Mac OS 8.5 ships, first Mac OS release with no
680x0 support.
- 10.17: iMac Rev. B replaces first
iMac design.
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1998
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- April. Intel introduces Celeron CPU.
- June. Windows 98 ships.
- June. Intel introduces Pentium II Xeon CPU.
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1999
The
Mac
is
15!
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- 01.04: iMac
266 introduced.
- 01.04: Power
Mac G3(a.k.a. Blue & White G3, Yosemite) introduced at 300,
350, and 400 MHz.
- 01.24: The Macintosh is 15 years old.
- March: Mac OS X Server ships
- 04.14: iMac
333 ships.
- 04.14: Mac OS 8.6 ships.
- 05.10: PowerBook G3
(a.k.a. Lombard, Bronze Keyboard) ships at 333 and 400 MHz.
- June: Power Mac G3 reaches 450 MHz.
- 07.21: iBook announced with
September release.
- 08.31: 'Yikes' Power
Mac G4/400 available, 450 MHz 'Sawtooth' model
follows in September.
- Late September: iBook reaches dealers.
- 10.13: Apple scales base G4 back to 350 MHz with no
price drop. G4/500 projected for first quarter 2000.
- 12.01: Apple replaces 'Yikes' G4/350 with model using
'Sawtooth' motherboard.
- More in Macintosh History:
1999
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- Intel introduces Pentium III CPU.
- AMD roars past Intel with Athlon CPU, which reaches 800 MHz
by year-end.
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2000
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- AMD roars past Intel with Athlon CPU, which reaches 1
GHz
- Intel catches up with 1 GHz Pentium III CPU
- Microsoft releases Window Me (Millennium Edition)
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