1992


 * January 6: System 6.0.8.1 is released.
 * March 12: StuffIt Expander is released.
 * March 23: The Macintosh LC II is released and the original Macintosh LC is discontinued.
 * April 6: Windows 3.1 is released by Microsoft.
 * April 15: The Macintosh IIfx is discontinued.
 * May 11-15: The 1992 Worldwide Developers Conference is held at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in California.
 * May 18: The Macintosh Quadra 950 is released.
 * May 26: Adobe Systems co-founder Charles Geschke is kidnapped from the company's parking lot in Mountain View, California.
 * May 29: Apple Computer CEO John Sculley unveils the Newton MessagePad at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago.
 * June 15: BMUG South, the predecessor of the Silicon Valley Macintosh User Group, is established in San Jose, California.
 * June 22: The first Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) specification is released.
 * July 15: Future Newton general manager Gaston Bastiaens joins Apple Computer.
 * September 5: Adobe Systems engineer Laurie Houts is found murdered near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California.