Vintage and obsolete products
Summary
Apple has discontinued support for certain technologically obsolete and vintage products.
Products Affected
Peripherals, Portable Computers, Desktop Computers
Vintage products are those that were discontinued more than five and less than seven years ago. Apple has discontinued hardware service for vintage products with the following exception:
- Products purchased in the state of California, United States, as required by statute. Owners of these products may obtain service and parts from Apple service providers within the state of California, United States.
Obsolete products are those that were discontinued more than seven years ago. Apple has discontinued all hardware service for obsolete products with no exceptions. Service providers cannot order parts for obsolete products.
All retail Apple Stores and the Canadian, European, Latin American and Asia-Pacific operating regions follow the U.S. product list, but make no distinction between vintage and obsolete. When applied to the retail Apple Stores and these operating regions (all models) products on the U.S. Vintage list are considered obsolete.
- Products Vintage in the U.S. and Obsolete in Asia-Pacific/Canada/Europe/Japan/Latin America
- Products Obsolete in the U.S. and in Asia-Pacific/Canada/Europe/Japan/Latin America
- Products obsolete for three or more years
Products Vintage in the U.S. and Obsolete in Asia-Pacific/Canada/Europe/Japan/Latin America
| Portable Computers | Desktop Computers | Peripherals |
| iBook (14.1 LCD 16 VRAM) iBook (14.1 LCD 32 VRAM) iBook (14.1 LCD 900 MHz 32VRAM) iBook (16 VRAM) iBook (32 VRAM) iBook (800 MHz 32 VRAM) iBook (900 MHz 32 VRAM) iBook (FireWire) iBook (Late 2001) iBook (Opaque 16 VRAM) iBook Special Edition (FireWire) iBook G4 iBook G4 (14-inch) PowerBook G4 (12-inch) PowerBook G4 (12-inch DVI) PowerBook G4 (15-inch FW800) PowerBook G4 (17-inch) PowerBook G4 (17-inch 1.33Ghz) PowerBook G4 (1GHz/867MHz) PowerBook G4 (DVI) |
eMac eMac (ATI Graphics) iMac (17-inch Flat Panel) iMac (17-inch Flat Panel, 1GHz) iMac (Flat Panel 2003) iMac (Flat Panel) iMac (Summer 2001) iMac (USB 2.0) Macintosh Server G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors) Macintosh Server G4 (Quicksilver 2002) Power Mac G4 (FW 800) Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors) Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Door 2003) Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002) Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002ED) Power Mac G5 Xserve (Cluster Node) Xserve (Slot Load) Xserve [original] Xserve RAID Xserve RAID (SFP) |
Airport Base Station (Dual Ethernet) Airport Extreme Base Station (Early 2003) Apple Cinema Display (20-inch) Apple Cinema Display ADC Apple Cinema HD Disp 23 Apple Studio Display (17 LCD) Apple Studio Display 15 ADC Apple Studio Display 17 Apple Studio Display 17 ADC Apple Studio Display 17 LCD |
Products Obsolete in the U.S. and in Asia-Pacific/Canada/Europe/Japan/Latin America
| Portable Computers | Desktop Computers | Peripherals |
| iBook iBook (14.1 LCD) iBook (Dual USB) iBook (Firewire) iBook (Late 2001) PowerBook (Firewire) PowerBook G3 PowerBook G3 (Bronze Keyboard) PowerBook G3 Series PowerBook G4 PowerBook G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) |
iMac (Early 2001) iMac (Summer 2000) iMac (Summer 2000) DV iMac (Summer 2000) DV Special Edition iMac 233 MHz iMac 350 MHz iMac 400 MHz DV iMac 400 MHz DV (Special Edition) Macintosh Server G3 Macintosh Server G3 (Blue and White) Macintosh Server G4 (AGP Graphics) Macintosh Server G4 (Digital Audio) Macintosh Server G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) Macintosh Server G4 (Quicksilver) Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White) Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio) Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) Power Mac G4 (PCI Graphics) Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver) Power Mac G4 Cube |
Airport Base Station (Graphite) Apple Cinema Display Apple Studio Display 15-inch DVI Apple Studio Display 21 |
Products obsolete worldwide for three or more years
| Portable Computers | Desktop Computers | Peripherals |
| PowerBook 100 thru PowerBook 540c (all models) PowerBook 1400 (all models) PowerBook 2400 thru 5300cs (all models) PowerBook Duo Dock (all models) PowerBook Duo (all models) |
Apple II (all models) Apple III Apple Network Server (all models) Apple Workgroup Server (all models) iMac 266/333 MHz Macintosh 128K/512K/512Ke Macintosh Centris (all models) Macintosh Classic; Macintosh Classic II Macintosh Color Classic/Color Classic II Macintosh II (all models) Macintosh LC (all models) Macintosh Plus Macintosh Portable Macintosh Quadra (all models) Macintosh Quadra/Centris (all models) Macintosh SE (all models) Performa (all models) Power Macintosh 4400 thru 9600 (all models) Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh |
1.44 Apple SuperDrive/HDI-20 Disk Drive Apple 3.5 Drive; Apple PC 5.25 Drive Apple Basic Color Monitor Apple CD Products (all models) Apple Desktop Bus Keyboard Apple High-Res Monochrome Monitor Apple Macintosh Portrait Display Apple Monochrome Monitor Apple Multiple Scan Display (all models) Apple OneScanner; Apple Color OneScanner Apple Personal Modem Apple Data Modem (all models) Apple QuickTake (all models) Apple Standard Keyboards (all models) Apple Studio Display 15-inch (all models) AppleColor Monitor (all models) AppleVision Displays (all models) Color StyleWriter (all models) ColorMonitor II (all models) ColorSynch Display (all models) DDS-DC 4mm Tape Drive Disk II; Disk III DuoDiskTape Backup 40SC eMate 300 Extended Keyboards (all models) External Hard Drive SC External SCSI Hard Drive GeoPort ImageWriter (all models) LaserWriter Pro (all models) LaserWriter; LaserWriter II (all models) Macintosh Disk Drive Macintosh Display (all models) Monitor II (all models) Newton MessagePad (all models) Performa/Performa Plus (all models) Personal LaswerWriter (all models) StyleWriter (all models) Two Page Monochrome Monitor UniDisk (all models) |
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