Apple

Apple is an American computer company founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. Apple was the first company to be valued at over 1 trillion dollars in August 2018, before reaching 2 trillion in August 2020 and 3 trillion in August 2022.

iBook Line

The iBook line was introduced in 1999, It targeted the entry-level, consumer, and education market. It was positioned lower than the PowerBook, and the specifications reflect that. The iBook is noted as being the first mass consumer product to offer Wi-Fi support, then known as AirPort. The iBook Lines and PowerBook Lines would merge in 2006 to form the MacBook Line, iBook would form the Macbook part of the line, while the Powerbook Line would form the MacBook Pro Line.

Photo Machine Year Of Introduction CPU RAM Hard Drive Modem/Networking Cache Sound Card GPU Bundled Operating System Bundled Software Official Specs Sheet (May not work on old browsers) Notes
iBook G3 (Clamshell) 1999

PowerPC G3 (PPC 750, 300MHz, Launch)

PowerPC G3 (PPC 750, 366MHz, Special Edition)

PowerPC G3 (PPC 750CXe, 366MHz, FireWire)

PowerPC G3 (PPC 750, 466MHz, FireWire SE)

32MB (Launch, PC66, Soldered Expandable to 544MB)

64MB (Special Edition, PC66 Soldered, Expandable to 576MB)

64MB (Firewire & Firewire SE, PC100, Soldered, Expandable to 576MB)

3.2GB or 6.0GB (Launch)

6GB (Special Edition)

10GB (FireWire & FireWire SE)

10/100 BASE-T Ethernet

56k V.90 Modem

Airport 802.11B Card (Optional)

64KB L1, 512 L2 Backside (Launch, SE)

64KB L1, 256KB L2 (FireWire, FireWire SE)

 Unknown

ATI Rage (4MB, Launch, SE)

ATI Rage 128 (8MB, FireWire, FireWire SE)

MacOS 8.6 (Launch)

MacOS 9.0.2 (Special Edition)

MacOS 9.0.4 (FireWire & FireWire SE)

Unknown

 

  

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iBook G3 (Snow) 2001

PowerPC G3 (750CXe, 500MHz, Mid 2001 to late 2001)

PowerPC (750CX, Either 500 or 600 MHz, Late 2001)

PowerPC G3 (745/755, 600MHz,early 2002, Early-to-Mid 2002))

PowerPC G3 750FX (700 MhZ (Mid 2002 - November 2002)

PowerPC 750FX (800MHz (Late 2002 - April 2003)

PowerPC G3 750FX(900 MHz,Early 2003 to EOP)

64MB PC100, Soldered Expandable to 576MB (Launch to october 16 2001)

128MB, PC100, Soldered, Expandable to 640MB (Launch to May 20 2002)

128MB, PC100, Soldered, Expandable to 640MB(Early 2002, 12 Inch models to EOP)

256MB, PC100, Soldered, Expandable to 640MB(Early 2002, 14 Inch models, to EOP)

 

(Launch Until May 20th 2002) 10GB (Standard), 20GB (Optional)

(October 16th 2001 to May 20th 2002) 15GB, 20GB (Standard), 30GB (Optional)

(October 16th 2001 to January 7th 2002)15GB (Standard), 30GB (Optional)

(October 16th 2001 to May 20th 2002) 20GB (Standard), 30GB (Optional)

20GB (Early 2002 to November 6th 2002)

30GB, (May 20th 2002 to November 20th 2002)

20GB (November 6th 2002 to April 22nd 2003, Opaque White and early Translucent White)

30GB (November 6th 2002 to April 22nd 2003 Mid to late Translucent White)

30GB (April 22nd 2003 to EOP)

10/100 BASE-T Ethernet

56k V.90 Modem

Airport 802.11B Card (Optional)

64 KB L1, 256 KB L2 cache (Launch to Early 2002)

64 KB L1, 512 KB L2 cache (Mid 2002 to EOP)

Unknown

ATI Rage 128 (8MB, Launch to Early 2002)

ATI Radeon (16MB, AGP 2X, Mid 2002)

ATI Radeon 7500 (16MB, AGP 2x, Opaque White, Late 2002)

ATI Radeon 7500 (32MB, AGP 2X, Translucent White, Late 2002 to EOP)

MacOS 9.1 (Launch)

MacOS Classic 9.2.1 and MacOS X 10.1 Puma (Late 2001 to Early 2002)

MacOS Classic 9.2.2 and MacOS X 10.1.4 Puma (Mid 2002)

MacOS Classic 9.2.2 MacOS X 10.2.1 Jaguar (Late 2002)

MacOS Classic 9.2.2 MacOS X 10.2.4 Jaguar (Early 2003 to EOP)

 Unknown    
iBook G4 2003

PowerPC G4 (7457, Early 2003 to Early 2004,

800MHz

933MHz

1GHz)

PowerPC G4 (Early 2004 to EOP

1.07GHz (Discontinued Early 2004)

1.2GHz (Discontinued Late 2004)

1.33GHz (Discontinued Mid 2005)

1.42GHz (Available from Mid 2005 to EOP)

256GB, 266MHz PC2100 DDR SDRAM (128MB Soldered, Late 2003 only, Expandable to 1.128GB)

256GB, 266MHz PC2100 DDR SDRAM (Soldered, Early to Late 2004, Expandable to 1.256GB)

512MB 333 MHz PC2700 DDR SDRAM (Soldered, Mid 2005, Expandable to 1.5GB)

 

30GBs, 4200RPM

40GB, 4200RPM

60GB, 4200RPM

 

10/100 BASE-T Ethernet, 56k V.90 Modem Airport Extreme 802.11B/G Card (Optional Until Late 2004 when it became standard.)

 

64 KB L1, 256 KB L2 cache (Until Early 2004)

64 KB L1, 512 KB L2 cache (Until EOP)

Unknown

ATI Radeon 9200 (32MB, AGP 4X, Until Mid 2005)

ATi Radeon 9550 (32MB AGP 4X, Until EOP

Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" (Until Mid 2005)

Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" (Until EOP)

iLife '04

Appleworks

Quicken 2005 for Mac (Some models)

Worldbook Encyclopedia 2004 Edition (Some models)

Marble Blast Gold (Some models)

Nanosaur 2 (Some models)

   

Performa Line

The Performa line was introduced in 1992 and was produced until 1997. The Performa line did not have its own original models, instead reusing existing models from other Macintosh lines such as Quadra, Centris, LC, Classic, and Power Macintosh. The computers were usually bundled with additional software or bigger hard drives

The line was a complete failure, Unlike traditional Macintosh computers, The Performa was not sold through Apple's traditional dealer network, instead, it was sold through big box stores such as Circuit City and Sears, These units were not taken care of however, and often were malfunctioning or were broken. Apple overestimated the demand for the Performa line.

The line was informally discontinued in 1997, following Steve Jobs's return to the company, and formally discontinued in 1998, following the company restructuring its product lines.