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Donationware app MacTracker is great for those times when you need to look back at the history of Apple's products or the stats of one particular machine. If you're interested in more of a visual history, however, this picture from art director and designer Edwin Tofslie should satisfy your cravings for pretty pictures. Tofslie collected images from most of the major design revisions Apple has made to many of their most significant products, including the Mac, Newton, iPod, Xserve and iPhone, as well as their displays, mice and even the AirPort Extreme stations. It's an interesting look back over the evolution of Apple's industrial design that seems to include all the major landmarks.

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James

Great poster. But missing the IIcx and the Mac Plus. (along with a lot of displays, the first-ever laser printer, etc.)

July 30 2007 at 12:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bxstrb

no Apple Quicktake 200?

July 30 2007 at 8:56 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Scott Falkner

>I could not find the Macintosh I played with as a kid. But it was very similar to the Lisa.

The Lisa was rebranded as the Macintosh XL, given 3.5"floppy drives and Mac ROMs.

July 28 2007 at 2:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mister falcon

Reminds me an awful lot of an app that newer tech put out in the mid to late 90's - GURU - Guide to User Ram Upgrades. Had every spec on every machine apple made up to that point (1997/1998) including the clones. Nifty app at the time. Nice to see something similar come about.

I wonder when pointcast will return ... in its original form.

July 28 2007 at 11:57 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Audun

I could not find the Macintosh I played with as a kid. But it was very similar to the Lisa.

I guess my father had a defect Lisa and some Mac-parts... He worked at Apple at the time.

July 28 2007 at 6:56 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jason

Only one glaringly obvious omission: Apple Pippin. One of the more obvious flops (although I thought it was cool) should certainly be there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Pippin

July 27 2007 at 9:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Scott Falkner

No Beige G3, no Apple }{ plus, no Quadra 600, no Intel Mac mini, no printers.

OTOH, an impressive list, and a good collection of images. Not perfect, but pretty damned well done.

July 27 2007 at 9:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ahothabeth

No SE30?
No Quadra 950.

July 27 2007 at 9:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
required

they're missing a lot of displays like the 17" flatscreen CRT, all blue and blue/white LCDs. also missing the quicktake, laser printers, and a bunch of other stuff. neat though!

July 27 2007 at 7:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dewey

That is pretty neat. What I would really like to see is a complete family tree of apple products. Does anyone know if something like this already exists? Thanks.

July 27 2007 at 6:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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