1995

The following Apple-related events occurred in 1995:

January 3: The 80 MHz version of the Power Macintosh 7100 is released.
January 4: The Motorola Marco is released, running Newton OS.
January 30: The Newton MessagePad 120 is released in the United States. Newton OS 1.3 is released for MessagePad 100 and 110 users.

April 1: The Macintosh LC 630 and Newton MessagePad 110 are discontinued.
April 3: The Macintosh LC 580 and Power Macintosh 5200/75 LC are released. The Macintosh LC 575 is discontinued.
April 13: The Macintosh Performa 588CD is released in Japan.
April 17: The QuickTake 150 digital camera and StyleWriter 1200 inket printer become available. The Macintosh Quadra 630, QuickTake 100 and StyleWriter II are discontinued.
April 26: Apple Computer begins seeding the beta version of Open Transport to developers and customers.

May 1: The Macintosh Performa 580CD is released in international markets.
May 8-12: The 1995 Worldwide Developers Conference is held in San Jose, California, where the Copland operating system is previewed.
May 15: The Duo Dock Plus is released for PowerBook Duo subnotebooks, replacing the Duo Dock II.
May 28: The Macintosh Performa 6200 is released.
May 30: Windows NT 3.5.1 is released by Microsoft.

June 14: ClarisWorks 4.0 is released for classic Mac OS.
June 17: The LaserWriter 12/640 PS is released.
June 19: The Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS, Color StyleWriter 2200, and LaserWriter 4/600 PS are introduced. The Power Macintosh 9500 is released with Mac OS 7.5.2.
June 29: Mac evangelist Guy Kawasaki is designated an Apple Fellow.

July 15: The original Duo Dock for PowerBook Duo subnotebooks is discontinued.

August 1: The Harris SuperTech 2000, a 3rd-party Newton device, is released. The Macintosh LC 580 is discontinued.
August 5: The PowerBook Duo MiniDock is discontinued.
August 8: The 75 and 90 MHz versions of the Power Macintosh 7200, the Power Macintosh 7500, and the 120 MHz version of the Power Macintosh 8500 are released.
August 19: Erin Siena Jobs, the second child of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, is born.
August 24: Windows 95 is released by Microsoft.
August 28: The Power Macintosh 5300 LC and PowerBook Duo 2300c are released.

September 5: The Power Macintosh 5300 LC is released.
September 13-17: Apple Expo 1995 is held in Puteaux, France.
September 16: The Personal LaserWriter 320 is discontinued
September 25: Apple resumes shipping the PowerBook 5300 series after replacing problematic batteries and reducing prices.

October 3: The BeBox Dual603-66 running BeOS is released to compete with Apple's Power Macintosh line.
October 5: CFO Joseph A. Graziano steps down from the Apple Board of Directors.
October 14: The Macintosh Quadra 950 is discontinued.
October 16: The Macintosh Performa 6300CD, and Apple Multiple Scan 1705 and Multiple Scan 20 Displays are released.
October 17: The Macintosh Performa 5300CD is released.
October 20: Apple Computer announces Newton OS 2.0.

November 1: The Macintosh Performa 275 is discontinued.
November 7: OpenDoc is officially shipped.
November 13: Apple Computer demonstrates its forthcoming Newton OS 2.0 running on a MessagePad 120 at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.
November 14: The Macintosh Performa 5320CD is released in Asia and Europe.
November 17: The first beta version of the Copland operating system is seeded to 50 selected Apple Developers.
November 28: Engineers from the Newton Systems Group visit the Stanford Newton Users Group to personally demonstrate a MessagePad 120 running a pre-release version of Newton OS 2.0.
November 29: Pixar starts trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange, making CEO Steve Jobs a billionaire.

December 1: Newton OS 2.0 is released.
December 12: Apple Computer's first joint venture in China is announced to develop technologies for the PowerPC platform.
December 18: The QuickTime Conferencing Kit with the QuickTime Video Conferencing Camera 100 becomes available.

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