Great visual timeline of 25 years of Mac

25 Years of Mac: Product Timeline [Wired]

[#1 posted by kas , January 28, 2009 4:57 AM]

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 posted by Agies , January 28, 2009 6:06 AM]

@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 posted by dculberson , January 28, 2009 6:47 AM]

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

[#4 posted by Agies , January 28, 2009 8:00 AM]

@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 posted by Blue , January 28, 2009 8:39 AM]

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

[#6 posted by mdh , January 28, 2009 8:46 AM]

as mr blue said, no mini.

also, no Quadra.
also, no LCIII.

[#7 posted by Anonymous , January 28, 2009 9:20 AM]

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 posted by Anonymous , January 28, 2009 11:39 AM]

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 posted by dimmer , February 1, 2009 6:26 PM]

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.