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.

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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.

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On November 9, 1994, future CEO Gil Amelio joined Apple's board. Everyone in Cupertino hopes he can turn around the struggling company.

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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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