Looking for an obsessive chronicle of Apple’s products over time? Look no further than Designed in California, a website that takes every product — and every single SKU — Apple has released since Steve Jobs resumed control of Apple in 1997. It’s a million times more detailed than the map I tried to pull together a few weeks ago.
Can you believe that Apple ever routinely released top-of-the-line computers for almost $5,000 without a monitor? Worse, can you believe that the new octocore Mac Pros are $4,000 without a monitor?
An incredible undertaking. Anyone know the story here? According to a whois look-up, the owner is Graham Parks, who also owns Fondant Fancies. I’ve dropped him a note, so stay tuned.
Pete Mortensen is a design strategist for consulting firm Jump Associates and the co-author of Wired to Care: How Companies Prosper When They Create Widespread Empathy, a book and blog that are significantly more interesting than you might initially think. Pete’s particular Apple avocations are both around design–interface and industrial. Follow him on Twitter!
