Template:Complete timeline of Mac models

Complete timeline of Macintosh models

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   $skip
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   color:ibook from:07/21/1999 till:05/01/2001 text:"iBook G3 12″"
   $skip
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   $skip
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   color:ibook from:10/22/2003 till:05/16/2006 text:"G4"
   $skip
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   color:macbook from:10/14/2008 till:06/08/2009 text:"MacBook 13″ Aluminum"
   color:macbook from:05/16/2006 till:10/20/2009 text:"MacBook 13″ Poly"
   $skip
   color:mbair from:01/29/2008 till:10/20/2010 text:"MacBook Air 13″"
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   color:macbook from:04/10/2015 till:07/09/2019 text:"MacBook 12″ Retina"
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   color:mbair-b from:10/20/2010 till:10/27/2016 text:"MacBook Air 11″ Tapered Unibody"
   color:mbair-b from:10/20/2010 till:10/30/2018 text:"Tapered Unibody"
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   $skip
   $skip
   $skip
   color:mbair from:10/30/2018 till:11/10/2020 text:"Retina"
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   $skip
   $skip
   $skip
   color:mbair-b from:11/17/2020 till:03/04/2024 text:"M1"
 barset:break
   $skip
   $skip
   $skip
   color:mbair from:03/08/2024 till:$now text:"M3"             # MacBook Air 13" M3
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   $skip
   $skip
   $skip
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   $newworldstart
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   $newworldstart
   $newworldstart
   $newworldstart
   $newworldstart
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   $intelstart
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   $intelstart
   $intelstart
   at:02/14/2006 mark:(line,red)                       # PowerBook 15″ got Intel as MacBook Pro
   $intelstart
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   $applesiliconstart
   $applesiliconstart
   $applesiliconstart
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   $applesiliconstart
   at:10/26/2021 mark:(line,red)                       # MBP 16″ M1
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   color:pbook from:06/07/1993 till:03/14/1994 text:"180c"
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   color:pbook-b from:07/18/1994 till:10/14/1995 text:"150"
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   color:pb500 from:05/16/1994 till:08/16/1995 text:"540/c"
   color:pb500 from:05/30/1995 till:04/01/1996 text:"550c"
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   $skip
   color:pbppc from:08/28/1995 till:08/03/1996 text:"5300"
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   $skip
   color:pbppc from:02/17/1997 till:03/14/1998 text:"3400c"
   color:pbg3 from:11/10/1997 till:05/06/1998 text:"PB G3"
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   $skip
   $skip
   color:pbg3-b from:05/06/1998 till:05/10/1999
 barset:break
   $skip
   $skip
   color:pbg3 from:05/10/1999 till:02/16/2000 text:"Lomb"
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   $skip
   $skip
   color:pbg3-b from:02/16/2000 till:01/09/2001 text:"Pismo"
   $skip
   color:pbg4 from:01/09/2001 till:09/16/2003 text:"PB G4 15″ Titanium"
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   $skip
   color:pbg4 from:01/07/2003 till:05/16/2006 text:"PB G4 12″ Aluminum"
   $skip
   $skip
   color:pbg4-b from:09/16/2003 till:02/14/2006 text:"Aluminum"
   $skip
   color:pbg4 from:01/07/2003 till:04/24/2006 text:"PB G4 17″ Aluminum"
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   $skip
   $skip
   $skip
   $skip
   color:mbpro from:02/14/2006 till:10/14/2008 text:"MacBook Pro 15″"
   $skip
   color:mbpro from:04/24/2006 till:01/06/2009 text:"MacBook Pro 17″"
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   $skip
   $skip
   color:mbpro from:06/08/2009 till:10/27/2016 text:"MacBook Pro 13″ Unibody"
   $skip
   color:mbpro-b from:10/14/2008 till:06/11/2012 text:"Unibody"
   $skip
   color:mbpro-b from:01/06/2009 till:06/11/2012 text:"Unibody"
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   $skip
   $skip
   $skip
   color:mbpro from:10/23/2012 till:11/12/2016 text:"MacBook Pro 13″ Retina"
   color:mbpro from:06/11/2012 till:11/12/2016 text:"Retina"
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   $skip
   $skip
   color:mbpro-b from:10/27/2016 till:11/10/2020 text:"Touch Bar, 2 ports"
   color:mbpro-b from:11/12/2016 till:10/18/2021 text:"Touch Bar, 4 ports"
   color:mbpro-b from:11/12/2016 till:11/13/2019 text:"Touch Bar"
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   $skip
   $skip
   color:mbpro from:11/17/2020 till:06/06/2022 text:"M1"
   $skip
   $skip
   color:mbpro-b from:11/13/2019 till:10/18/2021 text:"MB Pro 16″"
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   color:mbair-b from:07/15/2022 till:$now text:"MB Air 13″"             # MacBook Air 13" M2
   color:mbair-b from:06/13/2023 till:03/04/2024 text:"MB Air 15″" shift:(-25,-5)
   color:mbpro-b from:06/24/2022 till:10/30/2023 text:"M2"
   color:mbpro from:10/26/2021 till:01/17/2023 text:"14″ M1"
   $skip
   color:mbpro from:10/26/2021 till:01/17/2023 text:"M1"
 barset:break
   $skip
   color:mbair from:03/08/2024 till:$now text:"M3"             # MacBook Air 15"
   $skip
   color:mbpro-b from:01/24/2023 till:10/30/2023 text:"M2"
   $skip
   color:mbpro-b from:01/24/2023 till:10/30/2023 text:"M2"
 barset:break
   $skip
   $skip
   $skip
   color:mbpro from:11/07/2023 till:$now text:"M3"             # MacBook Pro 14"
   $skip
   color:mbpro from:11/07/2023 till:$now text:"M3"             # MacBook Pro 16"
 barset:break
   color:current from:$now till:end             # MacBook Air 13″ M2 future
   color:current from:$now till:end             # MacBook Air 15″ future
   $skip
   color:current from:$now till:end             # MacBook Pro 14″ future
   $skip
   color:current from:$now till:end             # MacBook Pro 16″ future
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   $skip
   $skip
   $skip
   color:current from:$start till:04/01/1984 text:"←Apple /// Plus"
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   $skip
   $skip
   color:mba from:$start till:01/01/1987 text:"←Apple //e"
   color:current from:04/01/1984 till:04/01/1988 text:"Apple IIc"
   color:mba from:09/01/1986 till:12/01/1992 text:"Apple IIGS"
 barset:break
   $skip
   color:mba from:03/01/1991 till:05/01/1995 text:"Apple //e Card"
   color:mba from:01/01/1987 till:09/01/1993 text:"Apple //e Platinum"
   color:mba from:04/01/1988 till:09/01/1990 text:"Apple IIc Plus"
   color:mba from:03/01/1993 till:01/01/1997 text:"Consumer A/V"
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   $skip
   $skip
   $skip
   color:current from:08/01/1993 till:02/01/1998 text:"Newton"
 barset:break
   $skip
   color:mba from:04/24/2015 till:end text:"Watch"            # Watch future
   color:mba from:01/27/2010 till:end text:"iPad"             # iPad future
   color:mba from:07/01/2007 till:end text:"iPhone"           # iPhone future
   color:mba from:10/01/2001 till:09/01/2006 text:"iPod"
 barset:break
   $skip
   $skip
   $skip
   $skip
   color:mba from:09/01/2006 till:end text:"Apple TV"

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References

AppleSpec, Apple Computer's specification database
apple-history.com, Macintosh model database
Low End Mac, Macintosh resource site