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Apple Computer Company is founded by Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Ron Wayne.
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APPLE RELEASED APPLE I
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Microsoft develops its first ad campaign, called "The Legend of Micro-Kid."
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Apple I introduced at the Home Brew Computer Club meeting
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Apple Computer, Inc. is officially created after the company is incorporated
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APPLE RELEASED THE APPLE II
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Apple Computer introduces Apple II.
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Microsoft establishes its first international sales office in Japan.
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Microsoft's year end sales exceed $1 million dollars
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Microsofts moves from Albuquerque, N ew Mexico to Bellevue, Mexico
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Microsoft 8080 BASIC is the first microprocessor product to win the ICP Million Dollar Award
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APPLE RELEASED THE APPLE SILENT TYPE
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APPLE RELEASED APPLE WRITER 1.0
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Microsoft announces Microsoft BASIC for the 8086 16-bit microprocessor
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APPLE RELEASED APPLE II PLUS
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Jobs takes his first visit to PARC in exchange for allowing Xerox to invest $1 million in Apple.
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Microsoft expands its service to the European market
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APPLE RELEASD BELL AND HOWELL DISK II
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Mike Markkula becomes president of Apple.
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Microsoft announces the Microsoft Z-80 SoftCard
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The Apple III is released at the National Computer Conference (NCC) for $4340 to $7800 depending on configuration.
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APPLE RELEASED THE PRINTER IIA
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Apple goes public. Apple's share rises 32% that day, making 40 employees instant millionares.
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Microsoft announces its third language product, Microsoft COBOL-80.
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MS-DOS operating system is introduced on the IBM personal computer
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IBM introduces its personal computer with Microsoft's 16-bit operating system, MS-DOS 1.0
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APPLE RELEASED THE APPLE PROFILE
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Microsoft announces a new corporate logo
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Lisa is declared ready for market.
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APPLE RELEASED THE APPLE DOT MATRIX PRINTER
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The Lisa Project, a $2000 Apple III
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The Apple IIe is introduced for $1395, later aguably becoming the most successful and most popular Apple computer. It will be produced for 10 and a half more years
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Microsoft introduces the Microsoft Mouse
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Microsoft unveils Microsoft Windows, an extension of the MS-DOS operating system that provides a graphical operating environment.
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The Lisa and Macintosh divisions are combined to form the Apple 32 SuperMicro Division
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Microsoft announces that MSX-DOS
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The Apple III+ is introduced for $2995. It replaced the defective Apple III models.
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APPLE RELEASED LISA II
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Microsoft takes a leading role in developing software for the Apple Macintosh computer
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SSOFTWARES WERE RELEASED
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RELEASEAD APPLE MODEMS
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THE MACINTOSH 128K WAS RELEASE
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The drive Macintosh External Disk Drive (400K)was released
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Microsoft announces the creation of a new Hardware and Peripherals Division under the direction of William Roland.
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The Apple III+ is finally discontinued
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Microsoft announces a new Key Dealer Program designed to generate corporate sales in major U.S. markets.
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THE APPLE LASEWRITER WAS RELEASED
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Apple LocalTalk Connector was released
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APPLE PERSONAL MODEM WAS RELEASED
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APPLE IMAGEWRITER WAS RELEASED
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Macintosh XL discontinued.
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The Apple UniDisk 5.25 was released
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Apple UniDisk 3.5 was released
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Apple ColorMonitor IIe and the Apple ColorMonitor IIc were released
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Apple sells 500,000 Macintosh models.
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Macintosh 800K External Drive
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Apple LaserWriter Plus ( PRINTER)
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Microsoft moves to corporate campus in Redmond, Washington
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Microsoft stock goes public at $21.00 per share.
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Macintosh 512Ke ( COMPACT)
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Apple IIGS (APPLE II)
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Apple IIc Memory Expansion ( APPLE II)
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Apple Hard Disk 20SC (DRIVE)
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Apple 3.5" Drive and Apple 5.25" Drive
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AppleColor RGB Monitor , Apple Monochrome Monitor and
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The Apple IIGS is introduced for $999
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Macintosh Plus (Platinum) compact
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Apple IIe Platinum
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AppleShare Server 1.0 - software
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Apple celebrates its tenth birthday.
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MACINTOSH PLUS WAS RELEASED
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Apple renames the Lisa 2/10 the Macintosh XL, and discontinues all other Lisa configurations.
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Macintosh SE - compact
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Macintosh II
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AppleColor Hi-Resolution RGB Monitor - displays
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AppleFax Modem
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Microsoft Windows version 2.0 released
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The IIe extended is introduced
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ImageWriter LQ - printer
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Apple PC 5.25" Drive and Apple Tape Backup 40SC were released
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Macintosh IIci
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Apple LaserWriter family
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AppleFax scaner
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AppleCD SC drive was released
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The Apple IIc+, the last in the Apple II line, is introduced. GS/OS System 1, a Mac-like GUI for the IIGS, is introduced
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Apple IIc Plus
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Macintosh IIx was made
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Macintosh SE/30-COMPACT
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Macintosh IIcx WAS MADE
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Apple Two Page Monochrome Monitor , Apple Macintosh Portrait Display and Apple Hi-Resolution Monochrome Display
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Apple Modem 2400
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Microsoft introduces earliest version of Office suite of productivity applications
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Macintosh SE FDHD- compact
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Apple FDHD SuperDrive - drive
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The NeXTstep OS is introduced. It will eventually be bought by Apple and used in its next generation OS, Rhapsody.
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Macintosh Portable
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Apple IIGS (1 MB, ROM 3)
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Macintosh IIfx
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Microsoft introduces Russian MS-DOS 4.01
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Microsoft launches Windows 3.0
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Windows 3.0 released
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Macintosh LC
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Macintosh Classic
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Macintosh IIsi
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Macintosh Classic II
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Microsoft releases the second version of Windows, version 2.03
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Macintosh Portable (backlit screen)
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Apple IIe Card
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The Apple/IBM alliance becomes official. Among the many agreements, Apple and IBM will create PowerPC-based machines and produce two companies, Taligent and Kaleida. The former a now-defunct company that worked on the now-defunct Pink, the latter a company that produces multimedia tools.
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Quadra 700 and Quadra 900 were made
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PowerBook 100 , PowerBook 140 and PowerBook 170
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Steve Jobs announces NeXTstep 3.0, NeXTstep 486, a version of NeXTstep that could run on an Intel 486 simultaneously with MS-DOS, and promises 33 MHz '40 processor versions of the NeXTcube and NeXTstation/Color at the NeXTWORLD Expo in San Fransisco. NeXT would eventually move its OS entirely to the Intel x86 platform
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Macintosh LC II IS RELEASED
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Quadra 950 IS RELEASED
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PowerBook 145 IS RELEASED
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NeXTstep 3.0 is released.
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Macintosh IIvi Mac II
Macintosh IIvx Mac II
PowerBook 160
PowerBook 180
PowerBook Duo 210
PowerBook Duo 230 -
There were realesd:
Macintosh LC III / III+
Macintosh Color Classic
Centris 610 Centris
Centris 650 Centris
Quadra 800 Quadra
PowerBook 165c -
Workgroup Server 80
Workgroup Server 95
PowerCD
Apple Design Powered Speakers -
PowerBook 145b
PowerBook 180c -
Apple liscenses PowerPC ROMs to DayStar Digital, so they can begin creating PPC Upgrade cards. DayStar also later becomes one of the first Mac OS liscense holders, as well an authority in multiprocessing PowerPC-based Macs.
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Apple releases the 66 MHz PowerPC Upgrade Card, the first commercial PowerPC product
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Macintosh LC 550
Macintosh LC 575 -
Apple announces the Copland Project (defunct Mac OS 8, superceded by Rhapsody).
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Apple releases the first PowerMacs (6100/60, 7100/66, 8100/80) using the PowerPC 601
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Power Macintosh 6100
Power Macintosh 7100
Power Macintosh 8100 -
Workgroup Server 6150
Workgroup Server 8150
Workgroup Server 9150 -
PowerBook 520/c
PowerBook 540/c
PowerBook 550
PowerBook Duo 280
PowerBook Duo 280c -
Apple releases System 7.5, with a bunch of new features everybody already had as shareware.
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Apple licenses the Mac OS to Radius and Power Computing.
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Power Macintosh 6200 / 6300
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Macintosh LC 580
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Power Macintosh/Performa 5200
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Apple releases the first PCI Mac, the $5000 PowerMac 9500/120 using the new Tsunami motherboard.
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Power Macintosh 7200
Power Macintosh 7500
Power Macintosh 8500 -
Internet by launching internet explorer a web browser.
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Apple liscenses the Mac OS to Motorola, allows authority to subliscense for the first time.
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Apple celebrates its 20th birthday
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Apple liscenses Mac OS to IBM. PowerPC 603e and 604e reach 200 MHz.
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Apple kills Copland Project
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System 7.55 is introduced.
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Apple buys NeXT, Inc. for $430 million. Development of Windows NT for PowerPC stops.
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Jobs announces a projected $47 million profit for the first quarter at Macworld Expo, finally bringing Apple back to profitability.
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After a little over 5 years, the Newton/eMate line has been discontinued by Apple
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Apple "stores within stores" open in all of the 149 CompUSA locations across the country, answering the cry of many Mac users who loathe the patheticly small, incomplete, and out of stock Apple sections most retail computer stores provide.
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Apple announces the iMac and new PowerBook G3 models. Two of the most innovative machines
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Microsoft launches Windows 98
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iMac is finally released to an incredibly anxious comnsumer market. Sold in numbers like nothing I've ever seen
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iMac becomes the second best selling computer for the month of August, even though it was only on sale for two weeks
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Apple buys Power Computing's liscense and core assets, halts all CHRP liscensing
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Apple seeds Rhapsody Developer Release 1.0. The new next-generation OS holds great promise for the computer industry.
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Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White) IS RELEASED
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Macintosh Server G3 (Blue & White) IS RELEASED
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PowerBook ("Pismo") IS RELEASED
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PowerBook G3 ("Lombard")IS RELEASED
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THE iBook IS RELEASED
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AirPort (802.11b, "Graphite") IS RELEASED
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Macintosh Server G4 IS RELEASED
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Cinema Display (22") IS RELEASED
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iMac (slot loading) IS RELEASED
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Power Macintosh G4 Graphite IS RELEASED
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Steve Ballmer named president and chief executive officer for Microsoft
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Microsoft launches Windows 2000
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Microsoft launches Office XP
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Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer outline Microsoft's .NET strategy for Web services
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Power Macintosh G4 Cube IS RELEASED
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Cinema Display (22") IS RELEASED
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iBook (FireWire) IS RELEASED
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PowerBook G4 Titanium IS RELEASED
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iBook (white) IS RELEASED
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Power Macintosh G4 Quicksilver IS RELEASED
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Server G4 Quicksilver IS RELEASED
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iPod (1st gen) IS RELEASED
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Microsoft launches Windows XP
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Microsoft launches Xbox
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