Vintage and obsolete products

  • Last Modified: October 30, 2009
  • Article: HT1752
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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

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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