1984: Steven Jobs, chairman of the board of Apple Computer, leaning on the new "Macintosh" personal computer. It had a 7.83MHz processor, 9" monochrome screen, one floppy disk and no hard drive. Priced at $1,995 to $2,495, it was intended to challenge IBM for the business personal computer market
1984年：苹果电脑董事会主席史蒂芬·乔布斯倚着新型“麦金塔”个人电脑。它具有一个7.83MHz处理器，9英寸单色屏幕，一个软盘，没有硬盘。售价在1,995至2,495美元之间，它的目的是挑战IBM的企业个人电脑市场
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1984: Thousands of Apple Macintosh computers sit on double decked manufacturing lines for their 48 hour "burn in" in Freemont, California. 50,000 were sold in quick order – but sales then slowed
1984年：在加州Freemont，上千台苹果Macintosh电脑放在双层生产线上进行48小时的“调试”。50,000台很快销售一空——但销售量随即下降
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23 January 1984: the Apple Macintosh was unveiled in Cupertino, California at Apple's shareholder meeting.
1984年1月23日：苹果Macintosh电脑在加州Cupertino召开的苹果公司的股东大会上首次亮相。
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1984: Drexel University President William Hagerty, left, talks with chemistry Professor Allan Smith after the Institution helped unveil Apple Computer's new Macintosh in Philadelphia. The Macintosh was to be the mandatory "electronic workhorse" for the school
1984年：在学校帮助苹果电脑公司在费城披露新型Macintosh电脑之后，卓克索大学校长威廉·哈格蒂（左）同化学教授艾伦·史密斯交谈。那时，人们以为Macintosh将成为该校必备的“电子机器”
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1986: David Bonilla (left) and Albert McFarland use word processing and graphics software on Macintoshes at the Creative Arts Computer Lab at San Francisco State University to block and plan a video shoot
1986年：大卫·波尼拉（左）和阿尔伯特·麦克法兰在旧金山州立大学创作艺术计算机实验室里的Macintosh电脑上使用文字处理和图形软件草拟和计划录象拍摄
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1987: John Sculley, chaiman of Apple Computer Inc., shows off the new Macintosh II computer at news conference in Los Angeles. Two new computers – the Macintosh II and Macintosh SE – were introduced, and were the first sold by Apple able to run programs written for IBM-type personal computers.
1987年：苹果电脑公司主席约翰·史考利在洛杉矶举行的新闻发布会上展示新型Macintosh II电脑。推出两种新型电脑——Macintosh II和Macintosh SE——苹果公司首次出售的、能够运行IBM型个人电脑程序的电脑。
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1994: Apple's PowerBook Duo presages its descendants, with a large space to rest your hands. The round "trackball" was later dropped in favour of a simple "trackpad".
1994年：苹果公司的PowerBook Duo因为有了可供双手休息的大空间而成为后继者的先驱。圆圆的“轨迹球”后来退让给简单的“轨迹板” 。
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1995: Steve Kahng, President and CEO of Power Computing stands behind his company's versions of the Apple Macintosh Computer. Apple licensed its operating system to "clone makers" – who offered cheaper, faster version of products, which quickly destroyed profits at Apple. On returning to the company in 1997, Steve Jobs tore up the contracts, returning Apple to profitability.
1995年：Power Computing总裁兼首席执行官史蒂夫·康格站在苹果Macintosh电脑的他的公司版本背后。苹果公司将操作系统授权给“克隆者”——提供更便宜、运算速度更快的产品版本，这种行为很快就给苹果公司的利润带来毁灭性的打击（译注：这是所有苹果迷心中永远的痛）。史蒂夫·乔布斯于1997年回到苹果公司，取消了这种合同，使苹果公司扭亏为盈。
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1997: with Gil Amelio still in charge, but with Steve Jobs building allies on the board, Apple releases the $1,800 Power Macintosh 6500 series to succeed its slow-selling Performa line.
1997年：在吉尔·阿梅里奥依然掌权，史蒂夫·乔布斯在董事会上建立同盟的情况下，苹果公司发布1,800美元的Power Macintosh 6500系列，取代了滞销的Performa系列。
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1998: the iMac, the computer that brought Apple back from the near-dead. Designed by Jonathan Ive and championed by Steve Jobs, it had a built-in monitor
1998年： iMac——使苹果公司起死回生的电脑。由乔纳森·伊夫设计，得到史蒂夫·乔布斯的支持，它是台显示器一体机
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April 2002: Apple introduces the eMac, a desktop line designed specifically for education, featuring a 17-inch flat CRT and a 700 MHz PowerPC G4 processor. It is killed off in July 2006.
2002年4月：苹果推出eMac——专用于教育的台式机系列，它带有一个17英寸平板显示器和一个700MHz的PowerPC G4处理器。但该系列在2006年7月被取消。
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2000: Steve Jobs poses with the new Power Mac G4 Cube after his keynote address at the Macworld Conference. The Cube – echoing the NeXT computer of Jobs's previous company – turned out to be a rare flop. Designed to be silent and fanless, with no visible switches, it never quite captured its intended "prosumer" market due to lack of expandability and cost. Some of the 8in-cube machines developed cracks; the product was dropped in July 2001.
2000年：在Macworld大会的主题发言后，史蒂夫·乔布斯和新型Power Mac G4 Cube电脑在一起。Cube电脑重蹈乔布斯以前的公司的NeXT电脑之覆辙，成为一个罕见的失败。由于缺乏可扩展性和成本原因，无声、无风扇、无可见开关的设计并没有引起想定的“高端消费者”市场的注意。一些8英寸立方体机还出现了裂痕（译注：谢谢五福提供，相关报道见
http://www.enet.com.cn/article/2001/0710/A20010710035491.shtml）；该产品在2001年7月被取消。
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January 2001: Apple's first Titanium G4 PowerBook wowed the crowds when unveiled by Jobs at Macworld. It turned out to be a design classic, although some noted that its wireless reception was attenuated by the metal enclosure. The basic design of a metallic shell for the top-end "pro" laptops remains in use eight years later.
2001年1月：由乔布斯在Macworld大会上披露的、苹果公司的第一台钛机壳PowerBook G4轰动一时。它成为了一个经典设计，虽然有些人指出它的无线接收性能受到金属外壳的影响而有所减弱。高端“pro”笔记本电脑所采用的金属外壳基本设计在8年之后依然通用。
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January 2002: The new iMac, unveiled at Macworld, was dubbed the "lampstand". Its 15-inch LCD flat screen was on an armature, with a 700 MHz or 800 MHz PowerPC G4 processor and SuperDrive for playing and burning CDs and DVDs. Rumours ahead of the unveiling had expected a flat-screen, all-in-one model; but Jobs said he had told Jonathan Ive, who had struggled with such a design, that each element should be "true to itself". The all-in-one design had to wait for slimmer DVD burners.
2002年1月：Macworld大会上推出的新款iMac，绰号“灯台”。其15英寸液晶面板立在一个支柱上，带有700 MHz或800 MHz的PowerPC G4处理器及可播放和刻录CD和DVD的SuperDrive光驱。新产品发表前的谣传曾期待一种带平板显示器的全功能一体机；但乔布斯说他曾对为这样的设计努力的乔纳森·伊夫说，每一个因素都应该“忠实于自己”。全功能一体的设计不得不等待更薄的DVD刻录机。
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August 2004: the iMac goes flat. Unveiled by Phil Schiller in Paris, the idea of a flatscreen, slimline computer is finally realised.
2004年8月：iMac电脑开始走平板路线。菲尔·席勒在巴黎提出的平板屏、超薄型电脑的想法终于得以实现。
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