On October 17, 1996, Apple launched its Performa 6360 Mac. The impressive multimedia Mac came bundled with a TV/video card.

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On October 15, 1993, John Sculley stepped down as Apple chairman. He ran Apple well for 10 years, but he also forced out Steve Jobs.

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On October 11, 1995, Steve Jobs filed the paperwork to float Pixar on the stock market. The resulting Pixar IPO made him a billionaire.

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On October 10, 1993, Apple released the Macintosh Color Classic II (aka the Performa 275). The computer became a collector's item.

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On October 9, 1991, Apple was ordered to pay out $26.5 million to The Beatles' record label and holding company Apple Corps.

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On October 6, 1997, Michael Dell made an infamously bleak appraisal of Apple's fortunes, saying the company should shut down completely.

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On October 3, 1994, BusinessWeek published a profile of Apple as it struggled under the leadership of CEO Michael Spindler.

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On October 2, 1991, an Apple-IBM deal stunned the world as the two rivals put aside their differences to work together. Power Macs ensued!

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On September 28, 1997, Apple debuted its iconic "Think Different" ad. The powerful TV commercial became a milestone for Apple advertising.

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On September 26, 1997, Apple recorded losses of $161 million for the previous quarter. Things were about to look up, though.

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On September 21, 1999, Google came out of beta. The Google launch brought a powerful internet search tool (and birthed an Apple rivalry).

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On September 16 in 1985 and 1997, Steve Jobs left Apple and then -- years later -- returned to the company he co-founded.

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By September 6, 1995, the newly launched Windows 95 operating system sold a massive 1.63 million copies, raising fears inside Apple.

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On September 4, 1997, Steve Jobs signaled the end for the Newton MessagePad by telling executives not to bother moving into their new offices.

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On August 27, 1999, Apple replaced the rainbow logo it used since 1977 with a single-color version. See the evolution of the Apple logo.

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On August 26, 1991, "Fortune" published the first joint interview with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, in which they debate the future of the PC.

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On August 25, 1995, Apple released the PowerBook 5300, the Mac that will save the world from aliens in 1996 film "Independence Day."

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On August 22, 2001, Apple won a Primetime Engineering Emmy for FireWire, high-speed serial port technology that sparked a video revolution.

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On August 16, 1993, Apple shipped the PowerBook 165. It lacked a color screen, but came with a relatively small price tag of $1,970.

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On August 15, 1998, the colorful iMac G3 went on sale to a rabid audience. The original iMac was the world's first internet-ready computer

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