1998


 * January 6: At Macworld Expo in San Francisco, Apple Computer interim CEO Steve Jobs announces Mac OS 8.1 with support for HFS Plus, QuickTime 3.0, and the return of Apple to profitability.
 * January 12: Mars Rising is released for classic Mac OS.
 * January 19: Mac OS 8.1 is released with HFS Plus.
 * January 22: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, the final update for classic Mac OS, is released.
 * February 27: Apple Computer interim CEO Steve Jobs cancels the Newton platform.
 * March 6: Disgruntled fans and developers gather at Apple Computer's 1 Infinite Loop campus to protest the discontinuation of the Newton platform.
 * March 13: Bandai abandons its participation in the Pippin platform, Apple Computer's first attempt at entering the game console market.
 * March 17: Apple Computer introduces 300 MHz versions of the "beige" Power Macintosh G3, along with the first Apple Studio Display, featuring a 15-inch LCD.
 * April 3: The Power Macintosh G3 All-In-One "molar" is released to the educational market.
 * April 20: Apple Computer interim CEO Steve Jobs meets with Lucent executives to discuss adapting their "Wireless LAN" technology into the first AirPort card.
 * May 4: Apple Computer announces its acquisition of Macromedia Final Cut, which would later be released as Final Cut Pro.
 * May 6: Steve Jobs reveals the iMac.
 * May 11-15: The 1998 Worldwide Developers Conference is held at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in California, where the new "Wallstreet" PowerBook G3 is introduced. New software announcements include Carbon and Quartz.
 * August 15: The first iMac G3 is released.
 * October 17: Mac OS 8.5 is released.
 * December 7: Mac OS 8.5.1 is released.