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Apple

Quiz: Can you guess this vintage Apple tech?

By Leslie Gornstein February 25, 2016, 4:02 PM PST

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Quiz: Can you guess this vintage Apple tech?

Test your knowledge of Apple tech

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Test your knowledge of Apple tech

Think you know your vintage Apple products? Put your knowledge to our ultimate test.

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Quiz: Can you guess this vintage Apple tech?

Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh.

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Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh.

The Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh was a limited-edition personal computer that was released in 1997.

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This ill-fated person of nebulous gender lived in ...

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This ill-fated person of nebulous gender lived in ...

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eWorld.

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eWorld.

Apple’s attempt at an AOL-like internet portal didn’t even last two years; it folded in March 1996.

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In 2005, a limited number of iPod Classics were engraved with which school's crest on the back?

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In 2005, a limited number of iPod Classics were engraved with which school's crest on the back?

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Hogwarts.

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Hogwarts.

The special-edition iPods were released in conjunction with the Harry Potter audiobooks on iTunes.

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This camera-ready father-son duo is working on a ...

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This camera-ready father-son duo is working on a ...

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Lisa.

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Lisa.

That was young Kristopher Couch with his dad John, the man in charge of the Lisa project at Apple.

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Steve Jobs is stone cold chillin' next to an ...

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Steve Jobs is stone cold chillin' next to an ...

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Apple iPod Hi-Fi.

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Apple iPod Hi-Fi.

It debuted in 2006. It did kinda meh.

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This guy is smiling behind an ...

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This guy is smiling behind an ...

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Apple-1.

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Apple-1.

This computer was designed and hand-built in 1976 by Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak.

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This not-at-all-posed couple is getting cuddly with an ...

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This not-at-all-posed couple is getting cuddly with an ...

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Apple III.

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Apple III.

It may not look like much, but the couple in this 1983 photo was, supposedly, using their Apple III to pay bills.

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John Mayer and Steve Jobs can't keep their mitts off of this ...

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John Mayer and Steve Jobs can't keep their mitts off of this ...

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iPod Mini.

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iPod Mini.

It was big from 2004 to 2005.

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Woz is air-guitaring on an ...

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Woz is air-guitaring on an ...

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Apple IIe.

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Apple IIe.

The Apple IIe was a variation on this, an Apple II computer.

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This colorful clamshell was known as the ...

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This colorful clamshell was known as the ...

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Original iBook G3.

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Original iBook G3.

This was introduced in 1999.

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This bulky tablet is part of a defunct family known collectively as the ...

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This bulky tablet is part of a defunct family known collectively as the ...

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Newton.

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Newton.

The line of “personal assistant” devices lived and died in the mid-1990s.

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This laptop-thingy was known as the ...

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This laptop-thingy was known as the ...

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eMate 300.

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eMate 300.

Introduced in 1997, the machine ran on Apple’s ill-fated Newton operating system.

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These people are gazing with wonder at a ...

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These people are gazing with wonder at a ...

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Power Mac G4 Cube.

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Power Mac G4 Cube.

The cube’s design is considered so seminal that it has earned a place at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

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These are ...

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These are ...

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iMacs.

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iMacs.

Born in 1998, the iMac was the first consumer-facing Apple product to debut under the second coming of Steve Jobs.

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This unusual iPod was released in conjunction with which band?

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This unusual iPod was released in conjunction with which band?

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Hint: Here are their signatures.

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Hint: Here are their signatures.

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U2.

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U2.

The special U2 edition was announced on October 26, 2004, to promote the band’s latest album, “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.” The color scheme coincided with the album design.

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These incredibly hip dudes are modeling an ...

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These incredibly hip dudes are modeling an ...

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This is ...

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This is ...

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Trick question!

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Trick question!

This is the NeXT system, a Steve Jobs venture … but not an Apple one. The year was 1989.

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Apple IIGS.

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Apple IIGS.

It was a more sophisticated version of the Apple II. (The GS stood for graphics and sound.)

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This is the ...

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This is the ...

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Macintosh Portable.

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Macintosh Portable.

The Macintosh Portable was Apple’s first battery-powered portable Macintosh personal computer. It debuted in 1989.

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This 2001 iMac color scheme was called ...

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This 2001 iMac color scheme was called ...

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Flower Power.

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Flower Power.

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This is a ...

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This is a ...

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MacIntosh Classic.

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MacIntosh Classic.

This 1990 computer lives on – kinda – as a cool iPad case.

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iBooks.

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iBooks.

These are the second wave of iBooks, the descendents of the clamshell models we saw earlier. Big circa 2005, their white color led fans to call them Icebooks.

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These drives went with an ...

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These drives went with an ...

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Apple II computer.

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Apple II computer.

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This is the keyboard for an ...

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This is the keyboard for an ...

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MacIntosh XL.

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MacIntosh XL.

This was a modified version of a Lisa 2/10.

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This ill-fated device is the ...

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This ill-fated device is the ...

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The Apple PiPP!N gaming console.

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The Apple PiPP!N gaming console.

Apple and Bandai’s ill-fated, $599 gaming console had just 18 titles, including Mr. Potato Head Saves Veggie Valley and Anime Designer: Dragon Ball Z.

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This Apple-branded device is the...

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This Apple-branded device is the...

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QuickTake camera.

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QuickTake camera.

This $749 camera, first released in 1994, took digital photos in 640 x 480 resolution.

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This early '90s device is the...

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This early '90s device is the...

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Apple PowerCD.

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Apple PowerCD.

Apple’s first stand-alone consumer product, the Apple PowerCD (1993) was capable of playing music and data CDs.

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