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EveryMac<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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On July 2, 1996, EveryMac.com launched.<\/p>\n

Thirty years is a long time -- and a great deal has changed since then -- but what has not changed is that EveryMac.com has been there to provide you with detailed info on every Mac from the original 128k<\/a> to the current line<\/a>. Thank you very much for your support through the years.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I think there used to be a bunch of sites like this, but EveryMac has endured, and it’s the one I’ve been using for long time. I asked proprietor Brock Kyle how he got started:<\/p>\n

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As you know, the Internet was different in the 90s. I was at least partially inspired by Guy Kawasaki’s evangelism and wanted to support what was at that time considered a decidedly “beleaguered” Apple Computer. Mac hardware was a topic that I was interested in and relatively experienced with -- or at least I thought so, I have learned a little bit more since then 🙃 -- and the site was simply my effort to contribute to the body of knowledge. I miss the ethos of those days.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Stephen Hackett<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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There are a bunch of ways to support EveryMac, and its anniversary prompted me to chip in to help keep the lights on<\/a> at a very important resource.<\/p>\n

I am a huge fan of the site’s comparison charts, which make it easy to see how a particular model evolved over time<\/a>[…]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Jason Snell<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Back in 1995 I worked on a project for MacUser magazine called the Mac Catalog, which was a FileMaker-based spec database much like EveryMac’s. I was the person who brought the Mac Catalog to the web for the first time, in fact!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Joe Rossignol<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Launched in 2022, AppleDB<\/a> is a helpful resource that provides a database of Apple devices, software updates, firmware releases, and more.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n