Apple was so successful in its marketing for the Macintosh, that it quickly outshone its more sophisticated predecessor, the Lisa, in sales — so much so that Apple quickly developed a product called MacWorks which allowed the Lisa to emulate Macintosh system software through System 3, by which time it had been discontinued as the re-branded Macintosh XL.

In April 1996, Apple discontinued the Macintosh LC 580 ( released in 1995 ), the last remaining desktop model of the 68k-based Macintosh line.

The 500 series was completely discontinued upon the introduction of its replacement the PPC-based PowerBook 5300, with the low-end ( but upgradable ) PowerBook 190 replacing the 500's role as the only 68LC040 PowerBook Apple offered.

After the LaserWriter 8500, Apple discontinued the LaserWriter product line in 1997.

The introduction of HFS was the first advancement by Apple to leave a Macintosh computer model behind: the original 128K Macintosh, which lacked sufficient memory to load the HFS code and was promptly discontinued.

Apple targeted the Cube at the market between the iMac G3 and the Power Mac G4, and was the first desktop configuration offering since the discontinued Power Macintosh G3 almost two years earlier.

* List of products discontinued by Apple Computer

MacPaint is a discontinued bitmap-based graphics painting software program developed by Apple Computer and released with the original Macintosh personal computer on January 24, 1984.

Cyberdog was once positioned as a replacement for the earlier, discontinued, Apple Open Collaboration Environment.

The Macintosh IIfx was a model of Apple Macintosh computer, introduced in 1990 and discontinued in 1992.

* List of products discontinued by Apple Computer

In the face of continuing development of the Cocoa framework and the Project Builder tools from Apple for Mac OS X, proactive MacZoop development was discontinued in 2003, though bugfixes and maintenance releases were still made.

Some of these have since been discontinued ; as of August 2011, the flavours available in the United Kingdom are Orange, Apple, Cherry and Citrus.

Apple discontinued MobileMe on 30 June 2012 and iDisk was no longer available.

* List of products discontinued by Apple Computer

It was finally discontinued by Apple on July 5, 2006 and replaced by a cheaper, low-end iMac that, like the eMac, was originally sold exclusively to educational institutions.

A modified form using a smaller connector called the AAUI was introduced on Apple Macintosh computers in 1991, and its use discontinued in 1998.

* Candy Apple ( discontinued ; reintroduced later )

After it was discontinued, Apple changed the recommended OS for the 512Ke to System 4. 1.

* List of products discontinued by Apple Computer

In 2003 Apple introduced the 20 " Cinema Display to replace the now discontinued 22 " display and it had a resolution of 1680x1050.

For more advanced compositing Final Cut Pro is compatible with Apple's Shake ( discontinued ) and Apple Motion software.

On July 30, 2009, Apple discontinued Shake.

The use of letter " i " prefixes and suffixes to denote information technology or interactivity was very much in vogue at this time, notably with the launch of the iMac and the iPod by Apple Computer ; according to the BBC, the " i " in BBCi stood for " interactivity " as well as " innovation ".

This newer, lower power technology can be found in the Apple iMac, Macbook Pro, iPad, and iPhone 4, the Hewlett-Packard EliteBook mobile workstations and the Nokia 701.

Other past Macintosh lines which used PowerPC processors include the PowerBook 5300 and later models, iMac, iBook and Xserve as well as the Apple Network Server, which was not technically a Macintosh.

* Apple introduces the iMac computer, initiating a trend in computer design towards translucent plastics and multicolor case design, discontinuing many legacy technologies like serial ports, and beginning a resurgence in the company's fortunes that continues unabated to this day.

Apple has manufactured several popular examples of all-in-one computers, such as the original Macintosh of the mid-1980s and the iMac of the late 1990s and 2000s.

Like the iMac, the iBook G3 had a PowerPC G3 CPU, and no legacy Apple interfaces.

The PowerPC 750 was used in many computers from Apple, including the original iMac.

* iMac G3, the first model of the iMac line of personal computers made by Apple Inc. ( formerly Apple Computer, Inc .), and the originator of the Legacy-free PC market category

The GeoPort was dropped, along with SCSI and ADB, when Apple introduced the iMac in 1998 ; early demonstration models had a software modem based on the GeoPort Telecom Adapter ’ s technology, but this was replaced with a hardware 56K modem by the time the iMac shipped.

* Hardware, including: iPhone, iPad, MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, iMac, Mac Mini, iPod, Apple Cinema Displays, AirPort cards and base stations, Xserve, and Apple accessories such as wireless keyboards and mice.

Although Apple switched to a desaturated grey they called “ Platinum ” in 1987, users began to refer to them as “ beige ” following the introduction of the brightly colored iMac.

Some analysts believe Apple wanted to force the general public to purchase the more costly Mac mini or iMac which had higher profit margins.

Apple released their 970FX-powered machines throughout 2004: the Xserve G5 in January, the Power Mac G5 in June, and the iMac G5 in August.

* January 7-The iMac G4 is introduced by Apple, Inc., as the next generation iMac.

** iMac G5, a series of desktop Macintosh computers designed and built by Apple Inc. using the PowerPC chip architecture

These typically used the 8-pin mini-DIN connector that was used by Apple for serial and printer ports prior to the introduction of the Blue & White G3 models.

From this model onward, Apple no longer used a numbering scheme to identify their Power Mac models, but instead referred to them by their PowerPC processor generation number ( i. e. G3, G4, and G5 ).

Prior to the Power Mac name change, certain Power Macintosh models were otherwise identical to their lower-cost re-branded siblings sold as the Macintosh LC and Macintosh Performa, as well as the dedicated Apple Workgroup Server and Macintosh Server G3 & G4 lines.

Apple introduced two later G3 PowerBook models, similar in appearance ( curved, black plastic case with black rubberized sections ) but thinner, lighter and with revised internal systems.

In 1998, under the company Demas, NED co-founder Cameron W. Jones ( original and current owner of the Synclavier trademark and software ) collaborated with ex-employee Brian S. George ( owner of Demas, the company that purchased all of NED's hardware and technical assets ) and original co-founding partner Sydney Alonso to develop an emulator designed to run Synclavier software for Apple Computer's Macintosh computer systems and hardware designed to share the core processing with the later generation of Apple G3 computers giving enhanced features and greater speed to the system.

* Lombard, codename of third generation PowerBook G3 laptop computers made by Apple Computer from 1999 to 2001

The last Apple computer to have an ADB port was the " Yosemite " Power Macintosh G3 in 1999.

This family is called the PowerPC G3 by its well-known customer Apple Inc, which introduced it on November 10, 1997.

Such designations were applied to Apple Macintosh computers such as the PowerBook G3, the multicolored iMacs, iBooks and several desktops, including both the Beige and Blue and White Power Macintosh G3s.

* PowerBook G3, a line of laptop Macintosh computers made by Apple Computer between 1997 and 2000

* Power Macintosh G3, commonly called " beige G3s " or " platinum G3s " for the color of their cases, was a series of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from November 1997 to January 1999

* Power Macintosh G3 ( Blue & White ), series ( commonly known as the " Blue and White G3 ", or sometimes just the " B & W G3 " ( to distinguish it from the original Power Macintosh G3 ) was a series of personal computers designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer Inc. as part of their Power Macintosh line

In keeping with Apple's practice from the Apple II + until the Power Macintosh G3 was announced, a logic board upgrade was available to convert a regular SE to a SE / 30.

The Power Macintosh G3, commonly called " beige G3s " or " platinum G3s " for the color of their cases, was a series of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from November 1997 to January 1999.

The introduction of the Desktop and Minitower G3 models coincided with Apple starting to sell user-configurable Macs directly from its web site in an online store, which was innovative for the time as Dell was the only other major manufacturer then doing this.