1986


 * January 15-17: The 1986 Apple World Conference is held at Brooks Hall in San Francisco, California.
 * January 16: The Macintosh Plus and LaserWriter Plus are introduced at the 1986 Apple World Conference.
 * February 3: Steve Jobs acquires The Graphics Group from Lucasfilm, which then becomes Pixar.
 * March 10: Marketing executive Christine Thompson joins Apple Computer.
 * April 14: The Macintosh 512Ke is released along with Macintosh System 3.1.1.
 * May 19: Radius is co-founded by former members of the Macintosh development team.
 * August 1: The Apple Lisa is discontinued.
 * September 15: The Apple II GS is released.