On December 21, 1994, Mac gamers got their hands on "Marathon," an innovative sci-fi title that quickly became a fan favorite.
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On December 20, 1996, Apple Computer officially bought NeXT, the computer company Steve Jobs founded after leaving Apple a decade earlier.
On December 16, 1994, Apple inked a deal with Power Computing, allowing it to make Macintosh-compatible computers. The Mac clones era began!
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On December 4, 1992, Apple engineers demonstrated a "proof of concept" that's part of a secret project to run the Mac OS on Intel PCs.
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On December 2, 1991, Apple shipped its first public version of QuickTime, bringing video to Mac users running System 7.
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On November 29, 1995, Pixar went public on the stock market. The Pixar IPO turned owner Steve Jobs into a billionaire for the first time.
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On November 25, 1996, NeXT contacted Apple about the possibility of Apple licensing its OpenStep operating system -- paving the way to OS X.
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On November 24, 1999, Steve Jobs got another feather in his cap when Pixar's Toy Story 2 arrived in theaters and became a massive hit.
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On November 17, 1995, Apple seeded a beta of its Mac OS Copland operating system to about 50 developers. The full version was never released.
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On November 12, 1996, Apple laid out a wild plan to get into the restaurant business, saying it would open a chain of Apple Cafes.
On November 9, 1994, future CEO Gil Amelio joined Apple's board. Everyone in Cupertino hopes he can turn around the struggling company.
On November 7, 1997, Apple released the Newton MessagePad 2100, a PDA that became the final iteration of the line of early handheld devices.
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On November 4, 1997, Apple unveils a deal to add a mini "store within a store" in CompUSA outlets. It's a dry run for today's Apple stores.
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On October 27, 1999, data showed that upstart Dell Computer's cheap PCs stole Apple's lead in a key market: education.
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On October 21, 1991, Apple launched its lightweight PowerBook 100 series, the most important line of laptops in company history.
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The Mac IIvx launches, bringing a key new component for the multimedia boom. So why isn't the first Mac with an internal CD-ROM beloved?
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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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