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IBM's early desktop computers (e.g. IBM Personal Computer, IBM PC/AT) were beige, and box-shaped, and most manufacturers of clones followed suit. [citation needed] As IBM and its imitators came to dominate the industry, these features became standards of desktop computer design. Early Macintosh models were a beige color (specifically Pantone 453).
The PowerBook (known as Macintosh PowerBook before 1997) is a family of Macintosh laptop computers designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from 1991 to 2006. It was targeted at the professional market; in 1999, the line was supplemented by the home and education-focused iBook family.
In the quarter the iMac shipped, Macintosh computer sales grew year-on-year for the first time since late 1995, and saw the Mac grow its worldwide market share from 3 to 5 percent. [12] Apple went from losing $878 million in 1997 to making $414 million in 1998, its first profit in three years. [ 40 ]
The Color Classic has a Motorola 68030 CPU running at 16 MHz and has a logic board similar to the Macintosh LC II. [2]Like the Macintosh SE and SE/30 before it, the Color Classic has a single expansion slot: an LC-type Processor Direct Slot (PDS), incompatible with the SE slots.
The Macintosh Plus was the last classic Mac to have an RJ11 port on the front of the unit for the keyboard, as well as the DE-9 connector for the mouse; models released after the Macintosh Plus would use ADB ports. The Mac Plus was the first Apple computer to utilize user-upgradable SIMM memory modules instead of single DIP DRAM chips. Four ...
The Macintosh, later rebranded as the Macintosh 128K, is the original Macintosh personal computer from Apple. It is the first successful mass-market all-in-one desktop personal computer with a graphical user interface, built-in screen and mouse. It was pivotal in establishing desktop publishing as a general office function.
Macintosh Plus: Compact: January 1, 1987 11 months April 14, 1986 Macintosh 512Ke: Compact: October 1, 1987 1 year, 5 months 1987 January 1, 1987 Macintosh Plus (Platinum) Compact: October 15, 1990 3 years, 9 months February 3, 1987 Macintosh SE: Compact: August 1, 1989 2 years, 5 months March 2, 1987 Macintosh II: Mac II: January 15, 1990 1988