The top 10 Apple Macs from the Macintosh 512k to the Mac Pro
Owen Hopkins takes a look back at 35 years of the Apple Mac, from the Macintosh 512k to the recently launched Mac Pro.
The Mac Pro will be Apple's most powerful desktop, and the last major product launched while Jony Ive ? who was responsible for so many of the company's iconic designs ? was design lead.
This January marked the 35th anniversary of Mac's launch and since that time are few product lines that have the Mac's longevity, or which have been reinvented so many times.
Out of the many of the Macs that Apple has created since 1984, Hopkins has chosen the ones that has advanced both the platform and home computing the most.
"Rarely are these the most powerful Macs of their day; instead, they are the ones that changed how we see or use a Mac, that pushed the platform forward in different ways," Hopkins told Dezeen. "This means there are some surprising omissions and some equally surprising inclusions. Yet all contributed to what the Mac is today."
Read on for Hopkins' pick of the best Macs:
Macintosh 512k, September 1984
"The unveiling of the Mac in 1984 was the greatest product launch in history. Steve Jobs removed the diminutive Mac from its bag, dramatically took a boot disk from his inside jacket pocket, started it up and let the Mac take over.
"A demo showing off its capabilities, including writing the words "insanely great", was accompanied by Chariots of Fire playing in the background. Then almost unbelievably it starte...
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