This week marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the Bondi Blue iMac. It went down in history as the product that helped Appto get back on its feet. The iMac undoubtedly caused one of the next revolutions in the field of personal computers, but it was not the only Macintosh of great importance. What were the others? Come and remember them with us.
Of course, there are no universal rules for determining the best or worst computer. Rankings like this are always a subjective assessment, so we'd love it if you let us know in the comments which Macs you think are the most important. One of the main criteria used by the magazine's editors when compiling the ranking Cult of Mac, it was for the computer to stand out from the average in some way – to have timeless features, stunning performanceonem, or in some way marked a significant change in the field of apple devices.
20. Radius System 100
The Radius company was the first manufacturer to release an official Macintosh clone – the Radius System 100 computer. To include the most important Mac clone in the ranking is certainly a controversial step, but one of the main reasons is the just mentioned firstness. It was the first case when Apple officially licensed another company to release a Mac OS computer. And it really wasn't a bad computer. Its upgraded version featured a Power Mac 8100 motherboard, a 110 MHz 601 processor, 72 MB of RAM, pre-installed Photoshop, and a host of other things.
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19. Macintosh Portable
The Macintosh Portable from 1989 cannot be considered a great computer in many ways. Its parameters are not bad at all, one of the main problems was mainly its (un)portability. It was 4 inches thick and weighed about 7 kilos. However, it was the computer with which the Cupertino company began its "mobile" strategy, which over time it practically perfected. Although the Macintosh Portable was in a sense a mistake, it has Applu undeniable significance.
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18. Power Mac G4 Cube
In 2000, the iconic Apple "cube" - the Power Mac G4 Cube - was born. Many people's jaw dropped when looking at its design – Apple in it, he demonstrated an incredibly elegant, timeless aesthetic, and a host of brand new features, from a touch-sensitive button to an innovative cooling system. Apple but drew criticism for prioritizing form over function with the Power Mac G4 Cube. Even from this mistake, however, the apple company learned enough.
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17. Twentieth Anniversary Mac
Today, the Twentieth Anniversary Mac is a collector's item. But in 1997, the Macintosh, released to celebrate its XNUMXth anniversary, was Applu, an extremely expensive affair that very few customers bought. But that doesn't mean it was a bad computer. It was the first Mac ever to feature a flat screen and great multimedia capabilities. Customers who bought the $9000 version had their computer delivered in a limousine by a staff member.ancem in a suit, who also connected and set up the computer for them.
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16. Mac Color Classic II
A dream come true for everyone who has secretly longed for a color version of the classic Macintosh. Company Apple released in 1993, it was the first desktop Mac with an integrated color display. In 1994, the Macintosh Color Classic II was released with twice the CPU speed and RAM capacity. The Macintosh Color Classic II was never officially shipped to the United States.
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15. Mac Centris 660av
The Macintosh Centris 660av was a computer that was ahead of its time and ahead of its competitors. Company Apple she published it in 1993 and the computer was available AppleVision monitor, built-in microphoneoneIt had speakers, and the first ever Apple software for voice recognition and synthesis. Its price started at $2489, and by those standards it was a truly powerful machine.
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14. PowerBook 540c
The PowerBook 540c had great specs, including the display, and was a real pride in its time. AppIn 1994, the PowerBook 540c stunned the world with its 16-bit display, 80% faster speed than its predecessor, and other great features. It also replaced the trackball. trackpadem and the battery life has climbed to five hours.
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13.iMac Pro
iMac Pro, from last year, is the youngest entry in this ranking. It is described as the "most powerful Mac ever" and its price in our country exceeds 100 thousand crowns. It comes in Space Gray and its performance can be - of course, for the corresponding amount of money - increased to incredible levels.
12. Mac mini
Apple Mac mini It dates back to 2005 and was the first low-cost model released after Steve Jobs returned to the company. Applu. It became a kind of affordable entry point into the Apple ecosystem for customers who had deeper pockets or didn't want to invest astronomical amounts in Apple products right away.
11. Macintosh SE/30
The 30 Macintosh SE/1989 is one of the best black and white compact Macintoshes ever. It featured a 16 MHz 68030 processor, customers had a choice between a 40MB and 80MB hard drive and 1MB or 4MB of RAM. It was a respectably fast computer at the time.
10. "Letter" PowerBook
The Pismo PowerBook was a computer that raised the bar for other laptops. The 200 Pismo PowerBook was one of the best Apple G3 laptops, bringing USB to users.onewhich and Apple's revolutionary FireWire. It was released at a time when Apple it wasn't so obsessed with getting rid of all sorts of ports yet, so it really did offer more than enough.
9. iBooks
The iBook became the iMac of the laptop world in 1999. It stood out from the crowd of regular portable computers primarily for its unusual design, but also for the ease with which it could be connected to the Internet. It was one of the few at the time to offer Wi-Fi tooneactivity, another innovative feature was the ability to automatically "wake up" whenever the user opened the computer.
8. iMac G5
The white plastic iMac G5 from 2004, with its design completely uncovered, claimed to be inspired by the iconic Apple iPod player. It was the first time ever Apple introduced the concept of placing all internal component computers into one single flat panel.
7. MacBook Air
Iconic ultralight and ultraa thin aluminum laptop, taken out of its envelope – who wouldn’t know it? The world was a laptop that Apple called it "the thinnest laptop in the world," literally enthusiastic. Although MacBook Air did not achieve the performance it offered MacBook Pro, has become a very popular work machine in many industries.
6. Aluminum Intel Macs
With the Unibody iMac, Applu managed to come up with the perfect recipe for the iMac. His all-in-one The aluminum unibody iMacs were introduced by Apple in mid-2007. The iMacs of that time were not as thin as the ones we know today, but the public was enthusiastic about the innovative design.
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5. PowerBook 100 Series
The first PowerBook 100 also contributed to the revolution in the field of portable computers. With those Apple had been experimenting for a long time – just look at the aforementioned Macintosh Portable – but the “7,1” series of PowerBooks brought a real change and became one of the most important in Apple history. A year after their release, PowerBooks contributed significantly to Apple’s revenue of $XNUMX billion, and thus to one of its most successful financial periods Appyou.
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4. Macintosh II
Macintosh II is a great example of how a sequel can revive an original. The "two" was released three years after the first generation Macintosh and boasted massive hardware improvements and the option to purchase a model with a color display. One of the few - perhaps the only - dark sides of the "two" was its high price, which in 1987 amounted to 7145 dollars.
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3. iMac G4
The iMac G4 came with an incredibly large display for its time, setting a new trend in desktop computing. To this day, it is considered one of the most beautiful Macs ever: elegant, miniminimalist, with a wide-angle LCD display, which at the time seemed like a revelation.
2. iMac G3
1998 was the year the world said hello to the revolutionary iMac G3, the computer that saved AppleThe iMac G3 completely changed the way we think about what a computer should look like. It was the perfect celebration of Steve Jobs' return to the Applu, as well as a demonstration that a personal computer does not necessarily have to be a beige plastic combination of a monitor and a case.
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1. Macintosh 128K
The first place in the list of the twenty best Macs was rightly occupied by the Macintosh 12K. Compared to later models, its performance was not impressive, but the Macintosh 128K clearly established the Apple company's vision for consumer computers. Whether it was the graphical user interface or the likable design, the Apple machine from 1984 made an indelible mark in the history of computing.
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