Nor did I summon it from my encyclopedic knowledge of Apple minutia, which I don't have. Instead, I used a tremendously useful - if very niche - tool called Mactracker. It's a freeware app available for MacOS and iOS by Ian Page and has been under development with regular updates for almost 20 years. It contains a detailed database of all Apple desktops, notebooks, and servers, along with all the various OS releases. It also catalogs all of Apple's iPads, iPhones, printers, displays, iPods, and even cameras and Apple TV models. There's a detailed timeline that lets you see Apple introductions by year. Did you know that the only hardware Apple introduced in 1982 was a dot matrix printer? But 1983 was rocking. In that one year, Apple introduced the Apple III and Apple III Plus, which ranged in price (are you sitting down?) from $4,340 to $7,800. That $7,800 in 2020 money is more than $20,000, which puts the Mac Pro into a whole new light. You can also use Mactracker to track your own Macs. And if you're curious about all the products Apple is currently shipping (except for the Beats stuff, apparently), Mactracker has you covered there as well. So, who is Mactracker for? Well, it's a tool I use almost every time I write an Apple-related article to reference previous products and make sure I have models, pricing, and configuration correct. It's a favorite among tech journalists who cover Apple.īeyond that, Mac managers and those who manage large groups of Macs may find Mactracker useful to help them quickly check which machines support which version of MacOS or iOS, when they were discontinued, and what configurations they contained.Īnd then, for everyone else, it's just cool if you happen to care about such things. A search engine browses the entire database (including comments) and allows users to sort the results by model name, date, or specification.Honestly, it's just such an amazing compendium of information in such an easy to access and small footprint. Info on accessories and peripherals (mice, keyboards, displays, printers, scanners, digital cameras) is also available.įor fanatics, Mactracker offers the ability to create customized categories by selecting a specification item such as processor type, date introduced or a color label.
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