'Shrine of Apple' Aims to Photograph Every Apple Product Ever Made

[MacRumors]

Apple has built hundreds, if not thousands of different computers, peripherals, accessories and pieces of software since it was founded 35 years ago. Shrine of Apple aims to photograph every single one of those products.

The machine in the photo above, the PowerBook 165c, was the first PowerBook with a color screen and the first notebook in the world to have a 256-color screen. It cost $3,400 when it was released in February 1993.

Shrine of Apple promises not to use any stock photography, and instead wants to individually photograph each product. It's fairly limited in selection at the moment, but does have some oldies like the QuickTake 150, the Performa 200, and the Power Macintosh G3 All-In-One (the heaviest computer Apple ever released at 59.9 lbs).

The website promises to release more photographs every week. Visit the site at ShrineOfApple.com or follow them at @shrineofapple on Twitter .

Article Link: 'Shrine of Apple' Aims to Photograph Every Apple Product Ever Made

 

[Tomorrow]

Interesting idea.

I probed around the site a bit, there's a LOT of content missing, but I imagine in time it'll be more complete.

 

[Repo]

"Ever Apple Product Ever Made"

 

[chainprayer]

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Love the title. I laugh ever time that happens.

 

[8CoreWhore]

There are millions and millions of them. Stay away from me and my iPhone ya pervs.

 

[kiljoy616]

Very cool sight

Interesting never new there was such a thing as a Power Macintosh G3 All in one. I like this sight very interesting machines I never new where actually made.

 

[Liquinn]

This could be interesting and cool. Looking forward to hearing more.

 

[sclawis300]

I foresee a lot of purchases followed promptly by returns for store credit followed by purchases of other apple products.

 

[MacDuff2000]

Site is SLOW. Not working for me.

 

[sclawis300]

Site is SLOW. Not working for me.

working fine here.

 

[nagromme]

Interesting never new there was such a thing as a Power Macintosh G3 All in one. I like this sight very interesting machines I never new where actually made.

I remember those—they looked like giant molars!

And look at the translucent top/back: they’re clearly a predecessor of the original iMac (and original iBook, G3 tower, etc.—all those curvy translucent machines)

But three other translucent products—all pre-iMac—come to mind too:

* The Apple eMate was a translucent aqua-colored laptop, a year before the first iMac.

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/messagepad/stats/emate_300.html

* The original 15” Studio Display was dark blue/gray translucent, matching nothing else Apple ever made!

http://www.everymac.com/monitors/apple/studio_cinema/specs/apple_studio_display.html

* The original beige PowerMac G3 tower had a “Bondi blue” translucent blob/latch on top.

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g3/stats/powermac_g3_233_mt.html

Personally, I liked Apple’s transparent/minimalist phase better than the blobby translucent phase! But they had to start somewhere...

 

[RaggieSoft]

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Man if only I knew. Back in Virginia, my workstation was an old eMac G4 (yes eMac not iMac - one of the last series too) running Tiger that the boss had lying around and allowed me to play with just for fun. Got my toes wet and loves it ever since.

 

[movieator]

Ah, yes....

R.I.P: Trackball.

 

[Dhelsdon]

This is a great website, makes me want to buy old iPods and stuff.

 

[nwcs]

Great companion to MacTracker I think.

 

[Mitchelino]

I'm a little surprised that they don't have many iPods or iPhones, as well as newer Apple devices. Though I'm sure we'll see a rush of them in the coming weeks, as they mention. Great site, though. I especially like the design and amount of information.

 

[cms2]

Oh good, I was wondering how I was going to waste this extra time I have...

 

[Doctor Q]

* The Apple eMate was a translucent aqua-colored laptop, a year before the first iMac.

I've still got one, which I obtained by trading for an old Mac. It's not quite as practical as an iPad, but still fun to own.

But I'd be ashamed to have an Apple hockey-puck mouse.

 

[Paulywauly]

Wonder if we'll see those crummy white earbuds? great site idea though, looking forward to seeing more additions

 

[OverSpun]

This site is awesome. It was great to see their Newton images since I have the exact same setup but I have nearly all the accessories that aren't pictured.

 

[Caliber26]

Apple has built hundreds, if not thousands of different computers, peripherals, accessories and pieces of software since it was founded 35 years ago.

Wouldn't MacRumors, with its close following of all things Apple, have a more educated guess? Hundreds to thousands is such a broad guess.

 

[BrianMojo]

Hopefully they include the Pippin somewhere...

 

[arcite]

There was a time I lusted after one of those G4 monstrosities. Then the Bondi imac came out and I bought that instead.

 

[LimeiBook86]

This is awesome!!!

I have a few cool boxes & items that maybe I can add to the site. I also have some cool Apple Grams and Apple Guides they may want.

A complete photo index of Apple products is a fantastic idea, I love it.

But I'd be ashamed to have an Apple hockey-puck mouse.

I have one in every color... haha, imagine how I feel!

 

[Antares]

That is shaping up to be an awesome site! There's a lot to be desired at this point....but they can only get better as they add more items and more pictures.