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Codenames: Prototypes / Unreleased

Please note: As these products were never released and they either didn't have a name, yet (or if they did, the name is most likely not widely known), we decided to list them sorted by their codenames and not by the name of the product.

Computers

Codename Product info Product name Date
Doc next-generation Apple Lisa computer ? 1982
Sneezy next-generation Apple II computer ? 1982
Happy entry-level Macintosh computer concept ? 1982
Module Doc, Sneezy, Happy early design concepts N/A 1982
Bashful Prototype notebook ? 1982
PaperBack notebook computer concept based on Bashful ? 1982
Dallas revised Doc and Sneezy concepts ? 1982
Sheila next-generation office computer WorkBench 1982
Brooklyn, Dove, Golden Gate 16-bit Apple II computer Apple IIx 1983
Jonathan Desktop computer concept capable of runing MacOS, DOS and Windows ? 1984/85
Columbo Tower Macintosh concept ? 1988
Erickson Columbo desktop concept ? 1988
H2O portable computer concept ? 1988
Centossa planed Apple IIgs successor ? 1988
White Jade planed Macintosh SE successor ? 1988
Atlantic 16 MHz configuration of the Mac IIcx ? 1989
Jaguar Motorola 88000 RISC CPU based Macintosh project ? 1989
Leadbelly final Jaguar concept ? 1989
BoomBox transportable, foldable computer concept ? 1989
Twister portable computer concept ? 1989
Giraffe Twister design concept ? 1989
2P Apple II portable concept Apple IIp 1989
Arc 2P design concept Apple IIp 1989
Columbia early Macintosh Color Classic concept Macintosh Color Classic 1991
Mondo Macintosh LC520 design concept Macintosh LC520 1992
Pomona design investigation N/A 1993
Bloom County, Moccasin, Opus CHRP project ? 1994
Mustang PowerBook 5300 133 MHz PowerBook 5300 1995/96
Smoke & Mirrors Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh prototype based on Pomona Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh 1996
Hyperbolic Power Macintosh with Exponential X704 CPU ? 1997
PowerExpress Manhattan 3 PCI-slot desktop version of the PowerExpress Power Macintosh 7700 1997
Stumpy PowerExpress-based 7 bay, 6 PCI-slot Power Macintosh (PPC 604ev) computer Power Macintosh 8700 1997
PowerExpress 6 PCI-slot Power Macintosh G3 computer prototype Power Macintosh 9700 1997
P7A 17" CRT iMac concept iMac 2000

PDAs

Codename Product info Product name Date
Figaro first PDA concepts ? 1989
MontBlanc Newton Plus concept Newton Plus 1991
Batman Newton prototype Newton 1992
Folio Newton-like PDA concept PenMac 1992
Bic large-format Newton concept ? 1993
Cadillac Newton tablet concept ? 1993
PenLite Macintosh PowerBook Duo tablet computer concept ? 1996

Miscellaneous

Codename Product info Product name Date
Sleepy desktop mouse concept ? 1982
Grumpy desktop dot-matrix printer concept ? 1982
Dopey external 3.5" floppy drive concept ? 1982
Flower external 5.25" hard disk drive concept ? 1982
Cassie frameless keyboard concept ? 1983
RAT Apple/Northern Telecom joint project Remote Asynochronous AppleTalk 1987
Q-Ball 3-D mouse concept ? 1988
Spaghetti and Meatballs Router for Jaguar ? 1989
Mojo desktop mouse/video editing tool for Jaguar ? 1989
Keds Hard drive project ? ~ 1990
Flint Network diagnostic tool ? 1990
Helsinki Hard drive project ? early 1990s
Qantas Apple Integrated Systems CD-ROM project ? early 1990s
Bedrock Apple/Symantec cooperation project for a developement environment, allowing apps to run on 68k and PPC Macs and Windows PCs ? early 1990s
Fast Eddy Sony Playstation co-production "Smart Television" project ? 1991
Heavy Metal CD-ROM Multimedia Player concept ? 1992
Sweet Pea small CD-ROM concept ? 1992
Popeye Hand-held CD-ROM concept ? 1992
W.A.L.T. ("Wizzy Active Lifestyle Telephone") Apple/BellSouth collaboration telecommunication device ? 1993
Paladin, Project X Computer-Fax-Telephone-Answering Machine concept ? 1993
PowerBop GSM based wireless LAN/Internet PowerBook 180 ? 1993
Palentir desktop video camera concept ? 1994
Mardi Gras Color OneScanner 600/27 prototype Color OneScanner 600/27 1994
Big Foot Pippin design concept Pippin 1995
Oriental Eye Pippin design concept Pippin 1995
Cow Catcher Pippin design concept Pippin 1995
Pillow Pippin design concept Pippin 1995
Max Pippin design concept Pippin 1995
Salt Lick Apple Interactive Television Box Apple Interactive Television Box 1995
FutureShare AppleShare with internet data types AppleShare 1996
Starfish Epson ELP-3500 based multimedia projector Apple Multimedia Projector 1996
Deacon Blues PowerExpress high-quality AV card ? 1997
Lauren PowerExpress memory I/O-controller ? 1997
Little Boy PowerExpress memory I/O controller ? 1997
Kaos PowerExpress PCI bridge controller ? 1997
Denali PowerExpress PCI Slot I/O controller ? 1997
Radical PowerExpress/PowerExpress Manhattan Video I/O controller ? 1997
Nine99 PowerExpress Video I/O controller ? 1997
Ninety9 PowerExpress Manhattan Video I/O controller ? 1997
Sixty6 Unknown type of new chipset for PowerExpress ? 1997
FatMan Unknown type of new chipset for PowerExpress ? 1997
Goleta PowerExpress CPU card ? 1997
South-by-Southwest, SXSW PCI audiovisuals card, audio in/out ? 1997
FireBlast PCI multimedia capture card with TriMedia chipsets ? 1997
FireDrill PCI audiovisuals card, audio in/out, FireWire ? 1997
Cashel PCI TV tuner card ? 1997
Wind Power Macintosh G3 TV Card ? 1998
Brick & Trigger Power Macintosh G3 Extreme Cache controller ? 1998
Oakridge Power Macintosh G3 Extreme PCI slots ? 1998
MatchBox FireWire PC card ? 1999
Thing 1 PowerMac G4 Cube with multigigabit serial connector on the back PowerMac G4 Cube 2000
Thing 2 PowerMac G4 Cube expansion chasis with 5 PCI slots and expansion bays ? 2000
Purple 1 iPod phone project iPod Phone > 2004
Safari Pad Tablet Mac ? 2006-07
Skank is the new black,
Nine parts perspiration,
Say hello to the Newton MessagePad 3000,
Skankphone
iPhone iPhone 2007

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