In the late 1990s, Apple was trimming its product line from the bewildering variety of intersecting Performa, Quadra, LC, Power Macintosh and PowerBook models to a simplified “four box” strategy: desktop and portable computers, each in both consumer and professional…

The PowerBook 2400c (codenames: “Comet”, “Nautilus”) is a subnotebook in Apple Computer’s PowerBook range of Macintosh computers, weighing 4.4 pounds (2.0 kg). Manufacturing was contracted to IBM Japan. In a return to the PowerBook 100 form factor, it was…

The Macintosh TV is a personal computer with integrated television capabilities released by Apple Computer in 1993. It was Apple’s first attempt at computer-television integration. It shares the external appearance of the Macintosh LC 500 series, but in black.…

The Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (or “TAM”) is a limited-edition personal computer released in 1997 to mark Apple’s 20th birthday. The machine was a technological showcase of the day, boasting a number of features beyond simple computing, and with a price…

The Power Macintosh 6360/160 (also sold as the Performa 6360) was introduced on October 17, 1996. It retains the desktop form factor introduced with the 6200, but is built around the “Alchemy” motherboard that was first introduced with the Power Macintosh…

The Macintosh Color Classic (sold as the Macintosh Colour Classic in PAL regions) is a personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from February 1993 to May 1995 (up to January 1998 in PAL markets). It has an all-in-one design…

The Apple Pippin is a defunct open multimedia technology platform, designed by Apple Computer, and marketed as PiPP!N. According to Apple, Pippin was directed at the home market as “an integral part of the consumer audiovisual, stereo, and television environment.”…

The PowerBook 5300 is the first generation of PowerBook laptops manufactured by Apple Computer to use the PowerPC processor. Released in August 1995, these PowerBooks were notable for being the first to feature hot-swappable expansion modules for a variety…

The PowerBook Duo is a line of subnotebooks manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from 1992 until 1997 as a more compact companion to the PowerBook line. Improving upon the PowerBook 100’s portability (its immediate predecessor and Apple’s third-smallest…

In June 1993, Apple released an identical color version of this model, the PowerBook 180c. It had an 8.4 in (210 mm) diagonal active matrix color LCD capable of displaying 256 colors and was the first PowerBook to natively display 640×480 (all previous PowerBooks…

The PowerBook 100 is a portable subnotebook personal computer designed and manufactured by Sony for Apple Computer and introduced on October 21, 1991, at the COMDEX computer expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Priced at US$2,500 with external floppy drive, the PowerBook…

The Macintosh Portable is a laptop designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer from September 1989 to October 1991. It is the first battery-powered Macintosh, which garnered significant excitement from critics, but sales to customers were quite low.…

The Cýbiko CY44801 is a Russian handheld computer introduced in the United States by David Yang’s company Cybiko Inc. as a retail test market in New York on April 2000, and rolled out nationwide in May 2000. It is designed for teens, featuring its own two…

Apple Replica 1 Le Replica 1 est un clone de l’ Apple I conçu par Vince Briel avec la permission du créateur original de l’Apple I, Steve Wozniak. La Replica 1 est fonctionnellement une copie fidèle de l’original, mais elle a été conçue en utilisant des pièces…

Apple // L’Apple II (Apple ][ ou Apple //) est l’un des premiers ordinateurs personnels au monde fabriqué à grande échelle. Conçu par Steve Wozniak, commercialisé le 10 juin 1977 par Apple, il commence sa carrière auprès des particuliers passionnés, mais…

Apple II Plus (Apple ][+ ou Apple // plus) L’Apple II a été remplacé par l’Apple II plus, qui incluait le langage de programmation BASIC Applesoft, signé Microsoft. Il possédait 48 ko de mémoire, extensible à 64 ko via une carte langage, et ajoutait l’utilisation…

Apple III (Apple ///) Apple III fut le successeur de l’Apple II. C’était un ordinateur visant le marché professionnel. Il était équipé du système d’exploitation Apple SOS (en) (Sophisticated OS). S’il est resté équipé d’une interface texte classique, comme…

Apple IIe Enhanced Le Apple IIe Enhanced (Apple //e) fut dérivé d’un Apple II vendu à partir de 1 298 $ pour la version 4 ko (et 2 638 $ pour la version 48 ko). Le contrôleur vidéo affichait 24 lignes par 40 colonnes de texte en majuscules seulement sur l’écran…

Apple Macintosh (Macintosh 128K) Le Macintosh 128K est le premier ordinateur personnel de la famille des Macintosh lancé par Apple le 24 janvier 1984. Son boitier beige embarque un écran de 9 pouces de diagonale en plus de l’unité centrale. La machine était…

Macintosh 512Ke Le Macintosh 512K enhanced (ou Macintosh 512Ke) d’Apple est une version allégée du Macintosh Plus. C’est le successeur du Macintosh 512K. Contrairement à celui-ci, il ne possédait que 512 Kio de mémoire vive et n’avait pas de port SCSI. Il…

Macintosh XL/Lisa 2 Le Macintosh XL est un ordinateur Apple commercialisé en janvier 1985. C’était en fait un Lisa 2/10 (antérieur au Macintosh) doté d’un émulateur, MacWorks XL, afin de faire tourner Mac OS ainsi que les applications développées pour les…