2002 – 2006retired
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“Built for classrooms, shaped like a friendly toaster, gone but never graded down”
“Twelve years, five chip generations, one emulator to bridge the gap - rest easy, old friend.”
The Power Macintosh, later Power Mac, was Apple's flagship family of personal computers and the core of the Macintosh brand from March 1994 until August 2006. It was the first computer with the PowerPC CPU architecture and the flagship product of the AIM alliance, with Macworld calling it the most important technical evolution of the Macintosh since the Mac II debuted in 1987. Old 68k software ran through an emulator
After twelve years, a rename to Power Mac, five generations of PowerPC chips, and no shortage of press coverage, design accolades, and controversy over performance claims, it was discontinued on August 7, 2006. The end came as part of Apple's transition to Intel processors announced in 2005, making way for the Mac Pro. Not murdered, just retired with honors.
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“Built for classrooms, shaped like a friendly toaster, gone but never graded down”
“The colorful laptop with a handle, gone but still opening like a lunchbox in our hearts”
“White plastic, big heart: the people's Mac went home smiling.”