1994

The following Apple-related events occurred in 1994:

January 1994

• January 1: The Macintosh Performa 560 is released.
• January 5: eWorld is announced at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco.
• January 7: The Newton MessagePad 100 and 110 are released; the preceding MessagePad H1000 is discontinued.
• January 28: Dove Computer Corporation, an early Macintosh upgrade manufacturer, is dissolved.

February 1994

• February 1: The Macintosh Performa 575 is released. The Macintosh Performa 450 and 460 are discontinued.
• February 2: The Macintosh LC 550 and LC 575 are released. The Macintosh Performa 520 is discontinued.
• February 14: The Macintosh LC III+ is discontinued.
• February 17: The QuickTake 100 digital camera is announced at Macworld Expo Tokyo.

March 1994

• March 14: The Power Macintosh 6100, 7100, and 8100 are released with System 7.1.2, the first PowerPC version of Macintosh system software. The AppleDesign Keyboard, Multiple Scan 17 and 20 Displays are also released. The Macintosh Quadra 800 is discontinued.
• March 31: Sales of Claris Resolve are discontinued.

May 1994

• May 15-20: The 1994 Worldwide Developers Conference is held at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in California.
• May 16: The Duo Dock II is released for PowerBook Duo subnotebooks.

June 1994

• June 20: The eWorld online service becomes operational. The QuickTake 100 digital camera is released.

July 1994

• July 5: Macromedia begins shipping SoundEdit 16 for classic Mac OS.
• July 13: The PowerBook 150 is announced by Apple Computer.
• July 15: System 7.1.2P is released.
• July 18: The Macintosh Quadra 630, Performa 630, LC 630, and PowerBook 150 are released. The Macintosh Quadra 840AV and PowerBook Duo 230 are discontinued.

August 1994

• August 31: The acquisition of Aldus Corporation by Adobe Systems is completed.

September 1994

• September 12: System 7.5 is released. The Macintosh Quadra 660AV is discontinued.
• September 14-17: Apple Expo 1994 is held in Puteaux, France.
• September 15: The Macintosh Quadra 700 is discontinued.
• September 21: Windows NT 3.5 is released to the public.

October 1994

• October 1: The Newton MessagePad 120 is released in Germany.
• October 17: The Macintosh Quadra 605 is discontinued.
• October 25: The World Wide Web Consortium is established.

November 1994

• November 1: The Macintosh Performa 6110CD is released.
• November 9: Future CEO Gil Amelio joins the Apple Board of Directors.
• November 11: A preliminary version of USB 0.7 is released.
• November 14: The PowerBook Duo 280 is discontinued.

December 1994

• December 16: The AppleVision 1710 Display is released.
• December 17: Power Computing becomes the first official 3rd-party licensee of Mac OS to produce Macintosh clones.
• December 23: Dove Computer Corporation, an early Macintosh upgrade manufacturer, is incorporated in Delaware.

External links

• Press Release Library at Apple (archived 1998-04-29)^{[DEAD LINK]}
• 1994: Apple DOS Cards, First Power Macs, System 7.5, and IDE Hard Drives by Daniel Knight at Low End Mac (1994-12-31)