Great visual timeline of 25 years of Mac

25 Years of Mac: Product Timeline [Wired]

1. [kas]

   Pretty cool timeline, but I’m not entirely sure why there is a pile of imacs in the middle, nor why the iBook has been labeled as a Macbook. Also, no eMac? And the Powerbook G3 and Powermac G3 labels are the wrong way around..!? Actually every time I look at this I find something else wrong with it…

   I remember seeing a better version of this about a year ago…

2. [Agies]

   @1 The images are culled from Apple advertising. That ring of iMacs is representitive of that campaign. Cerntering it on the timeline is also visually pleasing.

3. [dculberson]

   The iMac also marked an enormous turn-around for Apple, both in design and in business.

4. [Agies]

   @3 So very true. There’s a sharp divide on the timeline where the iMac appears. Things are much more “sexy” after it is introduced.

5. [Blue]

   No Mac Mini? Whatever the merits of the actual computer, the design was significant.

6. [mdh]

   as mr blue said, no mini.

   also, no Quadra.
   also, no LCIII.

7. [Anonymous]

   The Timeline completely skips the performa line of Macs in the early mid nineties. Are they trying to hid e the bad and only spot light the good models?

8. [Anonymous]

   How is it that I bought a TAM (Twentieth Anniversary Mac) from 1997 if they’re just celebrating Mac’s 25th anniversary 12 years later? Hmmmm.

   Dr. Theopolis

9. [dimmer]

   The TAM recognized 20 years of Apple, not the Mac. This year is the 25th anniversary of the Mac, not Apple.

   BTW am I alone in not finding the graphic “good” in any way? Seems like something an Adobe intern would produce before making their transition to the fast food industry.