Apple Macintosh History

Discussions focus on the historical evolution of Apple's Macintosh computers, including early models from 1984, processor transitions from 68k to PowerPC to Intel around 2005, OS X adoption, and features like PC compatibility.

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Activity Over Time

2007
1
2008
25
2009
42
2010
117
2011
118
2012
161
2013
141
2014
143
2015
135
2016
201
2017
134
2018
182
2019
230
2020
399
2021
282
2022
360
2023
409
2024
338
2025
280
2026
11

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Sample Comments

mjhagen Apr 3, 2021 View on HN

They used to, with the original Macintosh.

amichail Jul 20, 2024 View on HN

Didn't the Mac have one in 1984?

hexagonal Jun 13, 2012 View on HN

Note the year. Apple had only recently switched to Intel.

graeme Dec 25, 2020 View on HN

That’s 22 years ago. Whole other era. Steve Jobs had just returned, so macs weren’t yet intel and they weren’t running OS X yet, using the NEXT architecture.In other words, you and OP may both be right. Three absolutely massive transitions at apple between your era and theirs: hardware, software and management quality.

amichail Nov 1, 2009 View on HN

Was the Mac popular among tech entrepreneurs before OS X?

pleb_nz Dec 16, 2022 View on HN

Seems they new macs were a type of PC in the early days

eugenejen Jan 25, 2012 View on HN

Pre-iPod time? Apple ][, Mac, NeXT.

pkasting Dec 6, 2018 View on HN

Remember when Apple switched from PowerPC to Intel?

craftyguy Jan 18, 2019 View on HN

Apple was using x86 10 years ago, so I would assume the former..

hugi Dec 22, 2020 View on HN

Or; Apple takes cue from own Macintosh IIsi from three decades ago?