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Here are highlights from the past 10 years of QMUG/LA & Apple! |
| Year (July - June) |
QMUG/LA | Apple Hardware (not nec. together) |
Apple Software | Apple People | Apple Stock (06 = 1st day in June) |
| 1st, ’94-’95 | Hosts its 1st (of 4) Annual Absolutely Fabulous Gay Software Review and Disks Meeting | Power Mac 8100 hits 100 MHz | System 7.5 ships | Michael Spindler licenses the Mac OS to Power Computing | Lo: 25.75 07/01/94 06: 42.19 Hi: 49.38 06/21/95 |
| 2nd, ’95-’96 | Opens its First Class BBS conference | PowerBook Duo 2300c/100 ships | Copland beta ships to developers | Gil Amelio replaces Spindler, kills eWorld | Hi: 49.00 07/17/95 06: 24.75 Lo: 19.87 06/26/96 |
| 3rd, ’96-’97 | Launches www.qmug.org | Power Mac 9600/200 MP, 20th Anniversary Mac ship | MW/SF is abuzz w/ “Rhapsody” | Ellen Hancock kills Copland, buys NeXT | Hi: 26.56 10/18/96 06: 16.94 Lo: 14.25 06/30/97 |
| 4th, ’97-’98 | Staffs a booth for the grand opening of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Village | Power Mac G3/233 ships | Mac OS 8 ships | Steve Jobs replaces Amelio, kills Newton, launches Apple Store online and “Think Different” campaign | Lo: 12.94 12/23/97 Hi: 30.94 05/11/98 06: 26.25 |
| 5th, ’98-’99 | Hosts its 1st annual Star Search meeting | iMac G3/233 ships | Mac OS 8.5, Final Cut Pro ship | Jonathan Ives gets the spotlight for the iMac; Apple receives an Emmy; Millard Drexler, CEO of Gap, joins the Board of Directors | Lo: 29.00 07/02/98 Hi: 49.56 05/03/99 06: 44.81 |
| 6th, ’99-’00 | Is interviewed for IMRU L.A. gay radio show | Power Mac G4/400, iBook G3/300 (blue./tang.) ship | Mac OS 9 ships; iMovie, iTools, mac.com debut | Phil Schiller jumps from high above to demo AirPort at MW/NY | Lo: 45.31 07/01/99 Hi:144.19 03/22/00 06: 89.12 |
| 7th, ’00-’01 | Surpasses 200 members | Power Mac G4 Cube/450, PowerBook G4/400 (Titanium), iBook G3/500 (iceBook) ship | Mac OS X ships; iTunes, iDVD debut | Avie Tevanian gets the spotlight for OS X; Apple retail stores open | Hi: 63.44 09/01/00 Lo: 14.00 12/19/00 06: 20.89 |
| 8th, ’01-’02 | Begins meeting at Dr. Rawstock | iPod (5GB), iMac G4/700 (LCD), eMac G4/700 ship | Mac OS X v10.1 ships; iPhoto debuts | Jon Rubinstein explains the “Megahertz Myth” at MW/NY; Apple receives a Grammy | Lo: 14.98 10/03/01 Hi: 26.11 04/17/02 06: 22.91 |
| 9th, ’02-’03 | Hosts an L.A. area MUG Leaders Forum | 17" iMac G4/800, 17" PowerBook G4/1 GHz ship | Mac OS X v10.2 ships; iTunes Music Store opens | Al Gore joins the Board of Directors | Lo: 13.12 04/17/03 06: 17.45 Hi: 19.29 06/26/03 |
| 10th, ’03-’04 | Presents at User Group University in San Francisco | Power Mac G5/2 GHz, iBook G4/1 GHz, 20" iMac G4/1.25 GHz ship | Mac OS X v10.3 ships; GarageBand debuts | Fred Anderson (CFO) retires | Lo: 19.09 07/01/03 Hi: 29.30 04/15/04 06: 28.06 |
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