
Mac Models Timeline
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In the infancy of the Mac market, consumers, competitors, and
commentators waited eagerly for each new product announcement from
Apple. The waits often seemed insufferably long. Creating the original 128K
Mac was such an ordeal that after it shipped in January 1984, it was hard
to keep the engineers focused on designing upgrades. They weren’t resting
on their laurels, they were simply exhausted.
The 512K Mac didn’t ship until eight months after the original
introduction, and the Mac Plus wouldn’t make it to market until 1986.
Power users desiring an “open” model had to wait until 1987 for the Mac
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