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Apple's 11 Most Intriguing Computer Designs

pcworld.com — A look back at 11 innovative product designs from Apple. From the first Apple (a single circuit board computer, introduced on April Fool's Day in 1976) to the MacBook Air released January 2008.

Who dugg this? Made popular May 21, 2009

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  • inactive, on 05/21/2009, -3/+49no mac cube? wtf?
  • ifruit, on 05/21/2009, -4/+34WTF, no MacBook Wheel?
  • Zera, on 05/21/2009, -3/+181.) The Original Apple: The Mother of All Mac Motherboards
    2.) The Apple II: A Computer for the Consumer
    3.) Lisa: The Personal Computer Comes with a (High) Price
    4.) Mac 128K: The Original Macintosh
    5.) Mac II: Expandability Optional
    6.) Macintosh Color Classic: The End of the Compact Era
    7.) Mac Portable: 15 Pounds Light
    8.) The 20th Anniversary Mac: Top Coat and Tails
    9.) iMac: Apple's Light at the End of the Tunnel
    10.) Mac Mini: The Mini Me
    11.) MacBook Air: Lightweight, Yes. Weakling? Certainly Not

    Buried for being an 11 item list on TWELVE Pages?!?!?! FFS..... Get with the times PCWorld it's 2009.
  • replaysMike, on 05/21/2009, -3/+17Clearly the first apple computer contained a box of apples.
  • coloneltcb, on 05/21/2009, -1/+13One page:
    http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,165320 ...
  • justpetehere, on 05/21/2009, -1/+11Where's the G4 Cube?
  • BlueStarr, on 05/21/2009, -2/+12That's what I was thinking when looking at the list. The Mac Mini is nice(I have one) but its no cube!
  • Grizzleyt, on 05/21/2009, -5/+14How many times have I seen a timeline of Apple products?
  • FredFredrickson, on 05/21/2009, -0/+7That doesn't even compare!
  • FredFredrickson, on 05/21/2009, -0/+6Over 9,000?
  • cerealjynx, on 05/21/2009, -4/+10Too bad the Macbook Air has been rendered obsolete. For cheaper you get an aluminum macbook that's only a pound and a half heavier, has better processor, replaceable battery, and optical drive.
  • Stoyanov, on 05/21/2009, -0/+5I am developer on the Windows platform but definitely not a PC fanboy.

    No, I don't like Apple's pricing but I do own an iPhone.

    I believe that either technology is worth what it is, so if your job, hobby or simply computer use requires it and you can afford it, why not go for it? I hate it when people get over the top over OS or metal piece preference.
  • bhavinp, on 05/21/2009, -4/+9really? r u gonna also buy the macbook wheel?
  • Stoyanov, on 05/21/2009, -0/+5= 12 times the ad impressions.
  • stix213, on 05/21/2009, -0/+4You forgot the 12'th title page, so 12 pages for 11 items
  • inactive, on 05/22/2009, -0/+4And no iMac G4?
  • BlueStarr, on 05/21/2009, -2/+6they were very experimental in those days and actually had it filled with half apples and half oranges.
  • belumaves, on 05/21/2009, -7/+11wow.... I'm impressed, an apple specific article that avoids the reality distortion field gushing. cool.
  • Beatmiser, on 05/21/2009, -0/+4My thoughts exactly, I've often considered buying one used from Ebay just to display because I absolutely love the way the thing looks.

    /magfag who doesn't care what he's called by others.
  • Egroh08, on 05/21/2009, -0/+3idk r u lol?
  • dhmlco, on 05/22/2009, -0/+3I remember seeing the Lisa at the West Coast Computer Faire in 1983. After years of working with 40 and 80 column dumb terminal-type screens, I was awestruck.

    And I knew then and there that I was looking at the future of computing.
  • Antialias, on 05/21/2009, -0/+2I know you're joking but for the fun of it I went to see what I could get for $10k, 8x 2.93ghz cores, 16 gigs of ram, 4x 1TB hard drives, 2x 24 inch cinema displays & 4x Nvidia GT 120 in a Mac Pro. Wish I had $10k to spend on a computer! A bit overkill for anything I could throw at it though.
  • KJSatz, on 05/22/2009, -0/+2Link?
  • GiggleStick, on 05/22/2009, -0/+2Have you seen the timeline of timelines of Apple products?
  • ToxicTexan, on 05/21/2009, -0/+2It was a "A look back at 11 innovative product designs"...not all designs.
  • oMeSSiaHo, on 05/21/2009, -4/+6You can get a 12" HP that weighs the same and comes with an optical drive and a replaceable battery for around $600. The air is cool but way too expensive.
  • brstilson, on 05/22/2009, -0/+2No Apple IIGS, the only Apple to ever have a hardware synthesizer built in?
  • falafelkiosken, on 05/22/2009, -0/+2Also I don't think I know many other computers exhibited at art museums
  • inactive, on 05/22/2009, -0/+1I've got one still kicking as my jukebox and guest internet station. I still would rather use that than this 'top of the line' Dell piece of ***** I'm typing on now.
  • Elranzer, on 05/22/2009, -0/+1But the 11 *MOST INTRIGUING* designs? Yeah right.

    More like, 11 random Apple computers.
  • 4rp4n3t, on 05/22/2009, -0/+1Depends. I develop on a PC, but need to test on a Mac too. The mini is powerful enough for the job, cheap, and well, *mini*.
  • Canuck, on 05/21/2009, -0/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d54UU-fPIsY
  • luke255, on 05/21/2009, -8/+9What?! No *insert favourite mac model*?!?!?
  • Stoyanov, on 05/21/2009, -1/+2Apollo 11's onboard computer running at 2 MHz... not so intriguing.
  • IndigoMoss, on 05/21/2009, -7/+7Even though I really dislike Macintosh computers and Apple in general (here comes the buries), I still thought the article was good. I liked it better than a lot of the Apple timelines that show up on Digg, because it doesn't list 100+ models that only the most religious Mac users would care about. It also didn't sound like it was giving Apple a blowjob with it's descriptions of each computer.
  • rblancarte, on 05/21/2009, -4/+4Best computer design - 11 entries on 11 different web pages. Oh wait, no that was PC World not Apple.
  • FredFredrickson, on 05/21/2009, -4/+4I wouldn't waste my money on a mini.
  • inactive, on 05/22/2009, -2/+2First pic was the best looking Apple. All downhill from there.
  • inactive, on 05/26/2009, -0/+0I hate designs.
  • explodingzebras, on 05/25/2009, -0/+0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGGOn-H7s3Q

    The Mactini
  • udee79, on 05/23/2009, -0/+0I totally did, I thought it would be a retrospective of 1960's era computers used in the Apollo program.
  • Scott2, on 05/22/2009, -1/+1No swivel neck iMac? (No) dig, squat and . . .
  • retrofitme, on 05/23/2009, -0/+0B & W G3 and G4 cube need to be on that list.
  • gwhenning, on 05/22/2009, -0/+0Yeah, but get the one with the bigger drive and more memory and you're up to $799. Do yourself a favor, spend the extra $200 and get the MacBook. Same RAM, smaller HD and it's portable. OR stick with the $799 price point and pick up a refurb MacBook from Mac of all trades.

    I bought a mini last year (Had to splurge for the SuperDrive which was at the same $799 price point.) and I couldn't wait for my tax returns this year so I could pick up a MacBook Pro. It's better since I maxed out the RAM, but would it have killed them to make it large enough to fit a standard hard drive?

    Oh, I have 3 of these currently, plus a couple not on the list. No longer have the PowerMac 9500, Cube or IIgs.
  • burntcookie90, on 05/21/2009, -11/+10why split it to 12 pages. wasting my time.

    must have been made on a mac.
  • flibblesan, on 05/22/2009, -2/+1Wow, I got a boner looking at this.
  • toppur, on 05/21/2009, -3/+1Anyone else read "Apollo 11's most intriguing computer designs"?
  • BlueStarr, on 05/21/2009, -4/+29,000,000,000,000,000,001 ??
  • stix213, on 05/21/2009, -7/+4Buried for no Apple IIGS - my favorite computer of all time
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