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Apple Color Plus 14″ Display, Macintosh Color Classic II, Macintosh TV, PowerBook Duo 250 and Quadra 605

Apple announced five products on 21 October 1993: Apple Color Plus 14″ Display, Macintosh Color Classic II, Macintosh TV, PowerBook Duo 250 and Quadra 605. The day spanned Displays and Mac.

It was the 14th of 14 dated moments the archive holds for 1993, 3 days after the previous one, 18 October 1993.

Apple Color Plus 14″ Display product photograph

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What Apple announced

Apple Color Plus 14″ Display

Displays · Displays · discontinued 7 August 1995

Apple Inc. has sold a variety of LCD and CRT computer displays since introducing their first display in 1980. Apple paused production of their own standalone displays in 2016 and partnered with LG to design displays for Macs. In June 2019, the Pro Display XDR was introduced, however it was expensive and targeted for professionals. In March 2022, the Studio Display was launched as a consumer-targeted counterpart. These are currently the only Apple-branded displays available.

Macintosh TV

Mac · Macintosh LC · discontinued 1 February 1995

The Macintosh TV is a personal computer with integrated television capabilities released by Apple Computer in 1993. It was Apple's first attempt at computer–television integration. It shares the external appearance of the Macintosh LC 500 series, but in black. The Macintosh TV is essentially a Performa 520 that can switch its built-in 14" Sony Trinitron CRT from being a computer display to a cable-ready television. It is incapable of showing television in a desktop window, although it can capture still frames to PICT files.

It comes with a small credit card-sized remote control that is also compatible with Sony televisions. It was the first Macintosh to be made in black and comes with a matching black keyboard and mouse. Later Apple would issue a custom black Performa 5420 in markets outside the United States with many of the features of the Mac TV. Apple's similar TV tuner card was a popular option for later LC, Performa series, and select models of Power Macintosh G3 beige computers.

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PowerBook Duo 250

Mac · PowerBook Duo · discontinued 16 May 1994

The PowerBook Duo is a line of subnotebook computers introduced by Apple Computer in 1992 and sold until 1997. Designed as a smaller companion to the PowerBook 100 series and the later 500 series, the line comprised seven models: the PowerBook Duo 210, 230, 250, 270c, 280, 280c, and 2300c.

Weighing 4.1 pounds (1.9 kg) and measuring 10.9 by 8.5 inches (280 by 220 mm), the PowerBook Duo was the smallest and lightest PowerBook of its time. To achieve its compact size, it omitted many built-in ports and expansion features, instead relying on optional docking stations to provide additional connectivity and functionality.

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Quadra 605

Mac · Quadra · discontinued 17 October 1994

The archive holds no written summary for this product. Its photographs, family, and dates are on its product page.

Also in 1993

Sources

  1. Apple Color Plus 14″ Display · Wikipedia
  2. Macintosh Color Classic II · Wikipedia
  3. Macintosh TV · Wikipedia
  4. PowerBook Duo 250 · Wikipedia
  5. Quadra 605 · Wikipedia

Dates on this page are announcement dates, not shipping dates. Product summaries are drawn from the linked articles, and specification claims in them are the publisher’s, not independent testing. Photograph credits and licences are listed in full on the image credits page.