Apple - About - Year 2000

Remember a time when Apple was Corporate America’s forbidden fruit? Had IS types only noticed back then that Macintosh was designed to function well past the Year 2000, they might well have succumbed to temptation—and saved themselves a bundle:

The SEC is battening down the hatches as it prepares for the Year 2000. But if you can’t get your cash out of the bank because the mainframe thinks it’s 1900, Hasbro’s Monopoly for the Mac offers a time-honored substitute until the real thing flows back into your account.

Weapons systems disoriented by the Year 2000 will turn themselves off, says John Koskinen, chairman of the President’s Council on Year 2000 Conversion, adding facetiously: “The chances for world peace on January 1st, 2000, may be better than ever.” Uh, not quite: Combative Mac users may choose to fight on, waging digital destruction with the wide range of warlike game titles and other shoot-’em-ups available for Macintosh. (Of course you might want to keep extra PowerBook batteries handy in case the utility company shuts down.)

Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure

All tests were conducted in accordance with the criteria described in Apple’s Year 2000 Compliance Statement.

Hardware Products

Product category links on this page lead to more detailed testing information.

CPUs
The hardware within Apple Macintosh, Power Macintosh, and PowerBook computers is Year 2000 compliant.* Examples of models within each of these product lines include, but are not limited to:

Macintosh
Mac, Mac Plus, Mac II, Mac IIci, Mac IIvx, Quadra 700, Quadra 800, Quadra 950, and the Performa family (tested with compliant versions of Mac OS)

Power Macintosh
5500, 5700, 6100, 6500, 7100, 8100, 8500, 8600, 9500, 9600, Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh, the Power Macintosh G3 and iMac

PowerBook
1400, 2400, 3400, Duo 230, Duo 250, Duo 280, Duo 2300, and the PowerBook G3

Servers
Derived from the Macintosh and Power Macintosh products, all tested server hardware is Year 2000 compliant. Will not test AIX on Network Servers or A/UX on Workgroup Servers.

*Did not test certain Macintosh 68000 processor models.

Peripherals

Printers
None of the Apple-branded printers shipped by Apple thus far maintains a date or time clock within the printer. The Year 2000 problem does not affect them.

Displays
All Apple-branded display products are Year 2000 compliant (see detailed product list). Examples of display models include, but are not limited to: 12” RGB, 13”RGB, 14” RGB, MultiScan family, ColorSync family, AppleVision family, and Flat Panel displays.

Docks
All Duo Docks are Year 2000 compliant.

Cards
All network cards, processor upgrade cards and video cards that Apple has tested are Year 2000 compliant (see detailed product list). PC compatibility cards will not be tested.

QuickTake Camera
The QuickTake Camera and its associated Macintosh software is Year 2000 compliant. QuickTake Camera Windows software will not be tested.

Discontinued Hardware Products

Newton and eMate
Newton and eMate products will continue to operate correctly in the year 2000, as will the Newton Connection Utilities.

NeXT
The NeXT computer will not be tested.

Apple II Computers
The Apple II computer will not be tested.

Apple III Computers
The Apple III computer will not be tested.

Lisa
The Lisa (including the Macintosh XL) will not be tested.

How to Test Your Mac

You can verify the Year 2000 compliance of your Macintosh computer with these tests.

If you require more Y2K information on Apple products, please e-mail us at y2kinfo@apple.com.