Today in Apple history
October 1
Apple launches and archive events connected to October 1, plus nearby launches from the same month.
No exact launch date in the archive for October 1.
Here are nearby Apple launches from the same month instead.
Also in October
Macintosh LC 475The LC 475 put a 68LC040 into a small, cheap desktop, making serious speed available to schools and families.
Macintosh Quadra 605The Quadra 605 put 68040-era speed into a compact LC-like case, giving budget buyers a taste of the high-end Quadra name.
Macintosh Quadra 610A low-profile Quadra that brought 68040-class architecture to desks that could not justify a tower.
Macintosh Quadra 650A strong middleweight Quadra that served design studios and offices needing speed without the price of the 800 or 950.
Macintosh TVA rare all-black Color Classic that doubled as a cable television, but you couldn’t show TV in a window, only full-screen.PowerBook Duo 250October 21, 1993 · PowerBook Duo
PowerBook Duo 250The 250 fixed the Duo’s biggest complaint by fitting a sharp active-matrix display into the tiny dockable body.
PowerBook Duo 270cThe 270c squeezed active-matrix color into the slim Duo idea, making the dockable subnotebook feel properly premium.
iPod (1st generation)A 5 GB hard drive, a scroll wheel and FireWire syncing turned a messy MP3 player into something you could actually use.
iBook G4The white iBook matured with a G4 chip, quietly becoming the affordable Mac notebook students actually carried.
iPod photoBefore the iPod played video, it learned to show photos: album art, slideshows and a colour UI that made the monochrome iPods suddenly feel old.
iPod (5th generation, Video)The iPod learned to play movies and TV shows, arriving alongside video sales on the iTunes Store.
iPod shuffle (2nd generation)The shuffle became "the most wearable iPod ever," a clip-on aluminium square barely bigger than its own controls, in anodised colours.
MacBook (Unibody Aluminum)Apple introduced the unibody process, milling a laptop from one aluminium block for rigidity and beauty, plus the big glass button-less trackpad still used today.
MacBook Pro (Unibody)The pro line adopts unibody machining and dual switchable GPUs for battery-vs-power balance.
iMac (Aluminum, 2009)The iMac went all aluminium and glass and grew a gorgeous 27" 2560×1440 display.
Magic MouseThe whole top surface is a touchpad: swipe to scroll, two-finger to navigate.
MacBook Air (2010)The Air found its identity: all-flash, instant-on, and finally affordable, with a tiny 11.6" model.
MacBook Air 11-inch (2010)The 11-inch Air felt like Apple’s anti-netbook: tiny, fast enough, beautifully built and instantly awake.Last updated: 2026-10-01