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그 당시돈으로도 거의 5백만원에 가까웠던 것으로 기억되었던.. 컴퓨터가 이제는 불과 몇십만의 넷북이 나오는 시대이니..
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Apple II - 1977
1977 saw the invention of both the Apple II and the famous rainbow Apple logo. Steve Jobs added the colours to the logo to reflect the Apple II’s superior colour output. Colour graphics set the Apple II apart from its rivals on the market. Image: Wikipedia
Apple III - 1980
This next iteration of the Apple computer for business was created primarily to compete with business computing companies like IBM. Image: Wikipedia
Apple IIe - 1983
The Apple IIe keyboard was built in to the computer and did away with the numeric keypad. Image: Wikipedia
Lisa/Macintosh XL - 1983
While Lisa won the legendary race between itself and the Macintosh by being the first desktop computer to market with an intuitive GUI, it flopped with the public due to sticker shock at its $10,000 price tag and a lack of software titles. Image: Wikipedia
Apple IIc - 1984
The Apple IIc represented Apple’s first attempt at both a portable computer and “out-of-the-box” functionality. The only problem with classifying the IIc as a “portable” computer is the fact that it lacked a portable power supply. Image: Wikipedia
Macintosh - 1984
The Macintosh, for most of us, was the computer that started it all. In the first demonstration of the product at MacWorld, Steve Jobs pulled the very first Macintosh out of the bag and demonstrated product features that most of us take for granted now. Image: Wikipedia
Apple IIGS - 1986
The first 50,000 of these came with Steve Wozniak’s signature silkscreened on the front. Image: Wikipedia
Macintosh Plus - 1986
The Plus version of the Macintosh originally featured the same beige colour as the original Macintosh, but in 1987 was changed to the warm gray Platinum colour that would characterize Apple computers for years to come. Image: Wikipedia
Macintosh SE - 1987
Space for an internal hard disk and advanced SCSI support were some of the selling features of the SE. Image: Wikipedia
Apple IIc Plus - 1988
With this model, Apple did away with the 5.25″ floppy in the Apple II line and switched over completely to the 3.5″ floppy. Image: Wikipedia
Macintosh SE/30 - 1989
The SE/30 sported the capacity for expandable RAM and a 1.44mb floppy disk drive as standard. Image: Wikipedia
Macintosh Classic - 1990
The Classic was an adaptation of Terry Oyama’s and Jerry Oyama’s Macintosh 128K industrial design. Image: Wikipedia
Macintosh Classic II - 1991
Two cases actually came out for the Classic II. The pictured one has a speaker cutout on the left side for better sound. Image: Wikipedia
Macintosh Color Classic - 1993
This was the first colour compact Macintosh computer. Image: Wikipedia
Apple Macintosh LC 500 - 1993
The Apple MacIntosh LC series were sold as Apple’s upper low end computers for the mid 1990’s. Image: Wikipedia.
Macintosh Performa 5200 - 1995
This was one of Apple’s lower moments, featuring severely compromised hardware design. Image: Wikipedia
Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (TAM) - 1997
12,000 of these were produced. Apple broke the moulds and didn’t make any more in order to make the product seem more “exclusive”, a strategy that did not help the TAM’s sales numbers. Image: Wikipedia
PowerMac G3 All-In-One - 1998
These were sold to the educational market only. Image: Wikipedia
iMac G3 Tray-Loading, Bondi Blue - 1998
In doing away with the tower and keeping the computing power, Apple completely revolutionized the desktop computer industry. The iMac G3’s were available in a bouquet of various colours. Johnathan Ive, the designer who was later the mastermind of the Cube, designed the iMac G3. Image: Wikipedia
iMac G3 Slot-Loading Indigo - 1999
The above model set the standard for the rest of the iMac G3’s with a slot-loading CD ROM rather than a tray-loading model. Image: Wikipedia
iMac “Flavours” - 1998-2003
Different colours were eventually added to the original Bondi Blue. Image: Wikipedia
eMac - 2002
The eMac was made available as a cheaper option to the educational market than the iMac. Image: Trimir
iMac G4 - 2002
The iMac G4 was produced from 2000-2004 and represents the first iteration of Apple’s desire to “slim down” the components necessary for an out of the box personal computer experience. It was nicknamed the iLamp because of its swiveling monitor. Image: Marc Burr
iMac G5 - 2005
The G5 lacked the swivel functionality of the G4 but introduced the “behind-the-screen” component design principle which characterized future iMac designs. Image: Wikipedia
iMac (Intel Based) - Aluminum - 2007
The current iMac models pack all of the components necessary to the operation of a computer behind the monitor in a perfect realization of “slim design”. Image: Wikipedia
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