30 Years of Macintosh

When Steve Jobs presented the first Macintosh in January 1984, it was received as an almost revolutionary novelty in personal computing. He and Steve Wozniak introduced the first computer with a graphical user interface and a mouse to a mass market.

Since then the Mac has evolved not only in design and size, but also in CPU power, as can be seen in the graphic below. Especially with the introduction of the new iMac G3 in 2006, the power of the central processing unit has more than tripled in comparison with the former model.

Today, in combination with the sales of Apple’s other products like the Iphone and Ipad, the Cupertino-based company is earning billions of Dollars and has come a long way from selling a self-assembled personal computer from their garage.

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This chart shows milestones of the Mac evolution (by CPU power).

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Global Apple Mac sales from 1st quarter 2006 to 2nd quarter 2025 (in million units)
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Apple's PC unit shipment share in the United States from 2013 to 2025, by quarter
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Apple Mac shipments worldwide from 1st quarter 2024 to 2nd quarter 2026 (in millions)
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Apple's revenue from sales of Mac computers worldwide from fiscal 1st quarter 2006 to 3rd quarter 2026 (in million U.S. dollars)
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Apple's PC unit shipments in the United States from 2013 to 2025, by quarter (in millions)
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Ranking of leading Apple Mac single-core Geekbench score performance worldwide as of August 2025, by device

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