1989


 * January 19: Apple Computer releases the Macintosh SE/30, the first compact Mac to use the Motorola 68030 processor.
 * January 20: 41st U.S. president George H. W. Bush is inaugurated.
 * March 7: The small-footprint Macintosh IIcx is introduced along with the Macintosh Portrait Display.
 * May 9-12: The 1989 Worldwide Apple Developers Conference (DevCon '89) is held at the newly-built San Jose Convention Center. The main topics include the upcoming System 7 and its technologies.