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A Product History of Apple

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Ep. 12: iMac (G3)

October 16, 2026 · 6 min

The 1998 Bondi Blue all-in-one that made Apple cool again and defined the consumer Mac.
Ep. 11: Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh

October 14, 2026 · 5 min

The 1997 prestige all-in-one that celebrated Apple's birthday and priced itself out of the market.
Ep. 10: Pippin

October 12, 2026 · 4 min

The Bandai-built 1996 multimedia console that proved Apple's living-room license was a dead end.
Ep. 9: QuickTake

October 9, 2026 · 5 min

The 1994 consumer digital camera that put filmless photos on a Mac before phones ate the category.
Ep. 8: Newton

October 7, 2026 · 4 min

The 1990s MessagePad PDA that promised handwriting recognition and coined a category.

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Ep. 7: PowerBook

October 5, 2026 · 4 min

The 1991 notebook line that put a trackball and palm rest in front of the keys.
Ep. 6: LaserWriter

October 2, 2026 · 5 min

The 1985 PostScript laser that, with Mac and PageMaker, launched desktop publishing.
Ep. 5: Macintosh

September 30, 2026 · 5 min

The January 1984 all-in-one that made the graphical desktop a cultural event.
Ep. 4: Lisa

September 28, 2026 · 6 min

The costly 1983 GUI workstation that previewed the Mac and failed in the market.
Ep. 3: Apple III

September 25, 2026 · 6 min

Apple's 1980 business machine that stumbled on reliability and never displaced the Apple II.
Ep. 2: Apple II

September 23, 2026 · 3 min

The finished 1977 personal computer that made color, slots, and VisiCalc a household story.
Ep. 1: Apple I

September 22, 2026 · 5 min

The 1976 motherboard that turned a Homebrew demo into Apple's first product.