Radius System 100 kicks off clone Mac era: Today in Apple history

Radius System 100 kicks off clone Mac era: Today in Apple history

March 27, 1995: The Radius System 100, the first official Macintosh clone, launches. A high-end computer made by a company founded by several notable Macintosh alumni, this marvelous machine kicks off the era of clone Macs in grand fashion. However, it won’t be long until things take a turn for the worse. Radius System 100 … Read more

Apple pays to use ‘iPad’ name: Today in Apple history

Apple pays to use ‘iPad’ name: Today in Apple history

March 26, 2010: Apple pays up to settle a trademark dispute with Japanese multinational Fujitsu over the name “iPad” in the United States. It comes two months after Steve Jobs first showed off the iPad, and around a week before the tablet will land in stores. As it happens, it’s not the first time Apple … Read more

Wine cellar bet on Newton MessagePad: Today in Apple history

Wine cellar bet on Newton MessagePad: Today in Apple history

March 25, 1993: Apple executive Gaston Bastiaens bets a journalist that the eagerly anticipated Newton MessagePad will ship before summer ends. The prize? Bastiaens’ well-stocked personal wine cellar, worth thousands of dollars. The bet takes place at the CeBit trade show in Hanover, Germany. Bastiaens’ outburst comes in response to a reporter’s needling. The gamble … Read more

Newton MessagePad 2000 brings upgrades: Today in Apple history

Newton MessagePad 2000 brings upgrades: Today in Apple history

March 24, 1997: The Newton MessagePad 2000 brings major upgrades to Apple’s PDA line, including a far better display and a much faster processor. The best MessagePad yet by a wide margin, it quickly becomes a critical and commercial success. But it won’t be enough to save the doomed product line. Newton MessagePad 2000: Bigger … Read more

PowerCD paves way toward Apple’s future: Today in Apple history

PowerCD paves way toward Apple’s future: Today in Apple history

March 22, 1993: Apple launches the PowerCD, the first device from the company that doesn’t require a computer to work. A portable CD player that also works as an external CD drive for Macs, it offers a glimpse of the extremely lucrative path Apple will follow a decade later. However, the PowerCD itself will ultimately … Read more

Apple TV launch fails to impress: Today in Apple history

Apple TV launch fails to impress: Today in Apple history

March 21, 2007: Apple launches the Apple TV, a gleaming white set-top box with a remote control, for bringing iTunes media to the living room. Unfortunately, the device lacks key features needed to make it a killer entertainment system. It’s something of a missed opportunity for Apple. Apple TV builds on a solid foundation A … Read more

Twentieth Anniversary Mac launches: Today in Apple history

Twentieth Anniversary Mac launches: Today in Apple history

March 20, 1997: Apple launches its Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh, a futuristic, special-edition Mac that’s ahead of its time in every way. Not part of any established Mac line, it brings a look (and a price!) unlike anything else available — and Apple delivers them to buyers in a limo! And yet the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh … Read more

Macintosh IIfx speeds into stores: Today in Apple history

Macintosh IIfx speeds into stores: Today in Apple history

March 19, 1990: The ultra-fast Macintosh IIfx makes its debut, sporting a hefty price tag appropriate for such a speedy machine. The fastest Macintosh of its day, it boasts a CPU running at a “wicked fast” 40 MHz. It gains an additional speed bump from a pair of Apple-designed, application-specific integrated circuits. Prices start at … Read more

Steve Jobs marries Laurene Powell: Today in Apple history

Steve Jobs marries Laurene Powell: Today in Apple history

March 18, 1991: Steve Jobs marries 27-year-old Stanford MBA Laurene Powell. The couple’s friends and family attend the wedding, which takes place at Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park in central California. Steve Jobs meets Laurene Powell Jobs met Powell in October 1989, shortly after the NeXT Computer debuted. He gave a lecture at Stanford … Read more

Apple sues Microsoft for ripping off Mac OS: Today in Apple history

Apple sues Microsoft for ripping off Mac OS: Today in Apple history

March 17, 1988: Apple sues Microsoft for allegedly stealing 189 different elements of its Macintosh operating system to create Windows 2.0. The incident, which causes a deep rift between Apple and one of its top developers, paves the way for an epic battle between the two companies that will rage for years. Apple sues Microsoft after … Read more