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'Shrine of Apple' Aims to Photograph Every Apple Product Ever Made

Tuesday August 30, 2011 10:15 am PDT by Jordan Golson

Apple has built hundreds, if not thousands of different computers, peripherals, accessories and pieces of software since it was founded 35 years ago. Shrine of Apple aims to photograph every single one of those products.

The machine in the photo above, the PowerBook 165c, was the first PowerBook with a color screen and the first notebook in the world to have a 256-color screen. It cost $3,400 when it was released in February 1993.

Shrine of Apple promises not to use any stock photography, and instead wants to individually photograph each product. It's fairly limited in selection at the moment, but does have some oldies like the QuickTake 150, the Performa 200, and the Power Macintosh G3 All-In-One (the heaviest computer Apple ever released at 59.9 lbs).

The website promises to release more photographs every week. Visit the site at ShrineOfApple.com or follow them at @shrineofapple on Twitter .
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cms2
10 months ago
Oh good, I was wondering how I was going to waste this extra time I have... ;)
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finnns2000
10 months ago
Now this is cool. I like the effort and details, almost an encyclopedia.
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nagromme
10 months ago

Interesting never new there was such a thing as a Power Macintosh G3 All in one. I like this sight very interesting machines I never new where actually made.


I remember those—they looked like giant molars!

And look at the translucent top/back: they’re clearly a predecessor of the original iMac (and original iBook, G3 tower, etc.—all those curvy translucent machines)

But three other translucent products—all pre-iMac—come to mind too:

* The Apple eMate was a translucent aqua-colored laptop, a year before the first iMac.


http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/messagepad/stats/emate_300.html

* The original 15” Studio Display was dark blue/gray translucent, matching nothing else Apple ever made!


http://www.everymac.com/monitors/apple/studio_cinema/specs/apple_studio_display.html

* The original beige PowerMac G3 tower had a “Bondi blue” translucent blob/latch on top.

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g3/stats/powermac_g3_233_mt.html

Personally, I liked Apple’s transparent/minimalist phase better than the blobby translucent phase! But they had to start somewhere...
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chainprayer
10 months ago
Love the title. I laugh ever time that happens.
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Doctor Q
10 months ago
Some Apple products are more interesting than others.

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s15119
10 months ago

The web Page is either a badly protected web page which has been owned or is a extreamly well orchestrated attempt to get Apple users with there pants down.

Every link is infected.

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huh?

I find no evidence of any phishing links. Are you sure you went to the right web page?
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mustang_dvs
10 months ago

I remember those—they looked like giant molars!

And look at the translucent top/back: they’re clearly a predecessor of the original iMac (and original iBook, G3 tower, etc.—all those curvy translucent machines)

But three other translucent products—all pre-iMac—come to mind too:

* The Apple eMate was a translucent aqua-colored laptop, a year before the first iMac.

Image
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/messagepad/stats/emate_300.html

* The original 15” Studio Display was dark blue/gray translucent, matching nothing else Apple ever made!

Image
http://www.everymac.com/monitors/apple/studio_cinema/specs/apple_studio_display.html

* The original beige PowerMac G3 tower had a “Bondi blue” translucent blob/latch on top.
Image
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g3/stats/powermac_g3_233_mt.html

Personally, I liked Apple’s transparent/minimalist phase better than the blobby translucent phase! But they had to start somewhere...


The eMate was, essentially, a de-tuned Newton MP2000 with a keyboard.

I had an original Manta VGA Studio Display (the later Bondi displays featured an ADC) but someone recently stole it out my mother's home (I had lent it to her). So, if, within the last three months, you acquired an original Manta within 2-3 hours drive of Durham, NC, I'd love to hear about the circumstances.

I had a Molar Mac -- bought it on eBay and the shipping cost far more than the purchase price. (Oops.)
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cms2
10 months ago

The web Page is either a badly protected web page which has been owned or is a extreamly well orchestrated attempt to get Apple users with there pants down.

Every link is infected.

:mad:


huh? I clicked around quite a bit. I didn't find any evidence of any phishing scam. Just pics of old Apple products... as advertised..
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nwcs
10 months ago
Great companion to MacTracker I think.
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Dhelsdon
10 months ago
This is a great website, makes me want to buy old iPods and stuff.
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