
Much has changed since then, including all those product names (except for the iMac). The PowerBook was more expensive, faster, had a better display, and even used more “serious” design language - iBooks were candy-colored and the PowerBooks were matte black. No one could be confused by the difference between an iBook and a PowerBook. I think there’s been a lot of confusion over the nomenclatural transition Apple is going through in its MacBook lineup.īack in 1998, Steve Jobs presented a simple four-quadrant lineup for Apple’s entire Mac line: a consumer notebook (iBook), pro notebook (PowerBook), consumer desktop (iMac), and pro desktop (Power Mac).
The New Touch-Bar-Equipped MacBook Pros and the State of the Mac Monday, 14 November 2016
