List of products discontinued by Apple Inc.

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The following is a list of Apple Inc. (formerly known as Apple Computer Inc.) software and hardware products that were superseded by improved versions, or discontinued, and are no longer manufactured. The first Apple product to be discontinued was the Apple I in 1977, superseded by the Apple II. The most recently discontinued products have been several iPod models including the iPod mini, replaced by the iPod nano. This list includes summarized descriptions and images of almost every known discontinued Apple product, including computer systems, software products, peripherals, iPods, Newtons, and miscellaneous products.

On September 3, 1998, Apple Computer published its first list abruptly dropping support for much of its discontinued product lines to date. Service providers were given little notice to stock up on existing parts inventory before Apple removed them from their databases.[1]

Currently Apple classifies discontinued products in three categories: Vintage, Obsolete or Legacy, based on the level of support they continue to provide. Apple's current hardware support policy provides for service and repair of products for up to five years following their discontinuation, except only in California, USA (as required by statute), where products are guaranteed service for up to seven years after being discontinued. Products which fall into this additional two-year window are referred to as Vintage. Products which have been discontinued for more than seven years are considered Obsolete and no service of any kind is offered, nor parts obtainable from Apple.[2]

In 1997, Apple made changes to its technical support policy that resulted in a class action lawsuit. Essentially, Apple guaranteed free unlimited telephone support as long as an original customer owned certain Apple products purchased between 1993 and 1996. Apple subsequently dropped this support. However, the resulting settlement restored this phone based service as advertised, for all Legacy products. While hardware service is no longer available on any of these Obsolete models, free technical support is offered. Legacy models are indicated with an asterisk (*).[3]

Apples

An original Apple II, one of the first home computers. Introduced in 1977, replaced by the Apple II+ in 1980. Numerous other models followed until the line ended when the IIe was withdrawn in 1993.

Lisa

Macintosh

A Macintosh 128k, the first Macintosh model, introduced in 1984 and discontinued in 1985.

LC

A Macintosh LC, nicknamed the pizza box because of its casing shape.

Performas

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A Macintosh Performa 5200 with an All-in-One case.

iMac, eMac

Mac Mini

II series

The Macintosh II, first introduced in 1987, was the first truly expandable Macintosh model.

Quadra and Centris

A Quadra 700, part of Apple's high-end desktop computer range of the early 1990s.

Power Macintosh

A Power Macintosh 7600.
A Power Mac G4 Cube, a compact high-performance Macintosh model.

Mac Pro

Portable, PowerBook, and iBook

A Macintosh Portable, the first laptop-form Macintosh model, introduced in 1989.
A PowerBook Duo 280c, part of Apple's line of small subnotebook computers.
A PowerBook 540c, Apple's high-end 1994 laptop Macintosh.
A PowerBook Duo 2300c, built between 1995 and 1997

Miscellaneous

Servers

Printers

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A SilenType printer, Apple's first printer introduced in June 1979 and superseded by the Apple Dot Matrix Printer in October 1982.

Color LaserWriter

Color StyleWriter

ImageWriter

LaserWriter

An Apple LaserWriter II printer

LaserWriter Select

Personal LaserWriter

StyleWriter

Displays

An Apple Monitor //
An Apple AudioVision 14 Display

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Newtons

iPod

iPod Classic

iPod Mini

iPod Shuffle

iPod Nano

iPod Touch

Miscellaneous

iPhone

iPad

iPad Mini

Apple TV

Peripherals and other devices

The Disk II was Apple's 5¼-inch floppy disk drive for the Apple II.

External Drives

Communications

AppleFax Modem
  • Apple Modem 300
  • Apple Modem 1200
  • Apple Personal Modem
  • Apple-Fax Modem
  • Apple Data Modem 2400
  • LocalTalk

Input Devices

Expansion Cards

Software

Services

Other

Timeline of Apple products

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Main article: Timeline of Apple products

Timeline of Apple Inc. products

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See also: Timeline of Apple Inc. products, Timeline of Apple II family, and Timeline of Macintosh models
Products on this timeline indicate introduction dates only and not necessarily discontinued dates, as new products begin on a contiguous product line.

Detailed timeline of Apple II family models

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See also: Timeline of Apple II family

Detailed timeline of Macintosh models

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See also: Timeline of Macintosh models

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See also: Timeline of Apple II family and Timeline of Apple Inc. products
Legend

See also

References

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ Vintage and obsolete products
  3. ↑ Apple – Product Support (Language)

External links

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