The Data Drop #047
Mac.
43 years. 154 Macs since 1983.
And everything they made possible.
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The Data Drop #047
43 years. 154 Macs since 1983.
And everything they made possible.
The Timeline
The Colors
From 1984 to 1997, every Mac was beige. Then the iMac G3 arrived in Bondi Blue and Apple never looked back. Here's every color of every Mac, chronologically.
The Weight
The Macintosh Portable (1989) weighed 7.2 kg. The MacBook Neo (2026) weighs 1.23 kg. Here's every laptop Mac's weight, from heaviest to lightest.
Made on a Mac
Apple's share of global PC shipments has typically sat between 5% and 10%. Windows dominates. But a surprising amount of what we watch, hear, design, and ship started on a Mac.
The Price of a Mac
In 1983, the cheapest way into a Mac cost more than a new car. Today it costs less than an AirPods Max. Here's every Mac's launch price, from Lisa to Neo.
The Archive
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