Jason Snell and a collection of long-time Mac watchers count down Jason's list of the 20 most notable Macs of all time, one per week.

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#27: The 21st Mac

March 26th, 2021 · 33 minutes

Stephen Hackett joins Jason to wrap up the series and discuss all the Macs that didn't make the list.

#26: John Gruber, part 3

March 19th, 2021 · 49 minutes

From November 20, 2020: Titanium PowerBook G4, MacBook Air, the original Macintosh, PowerBook 140/170, and iMac G3.

#25: John Gruber, part 2

March 12th, 2021 · 52 minutes

From August 31, 2020: The Macintosh Portable, Power Computing clones, iMac G4, Power Mac G4 Cube, iBook, Macintosh SE/30, and laying out pages at college newspapers.

#24: John Gruber, part 1

March 5th, 2021 · 69 minutes

An interview from June 12, 2020 covering the first nine entries in the series.

#23: John Siracusa, part 3

February 19th, 2021 · 68 minutes

From November 20, 2020: Titanium PowerBook G4, MacBook Air, the original Macintosh, PowerBook 140/170, iMac G3, and to his great dismay, John learns Jason's final rankings.

#22: John Siracusa, part 2

February 19th, 2021 · 63 minutes

John Siracusa discusses six more old Macs for the 20 Macs for 2020 Project.

#21: John Siracusa, part 1

February 12th, 2021 · 104 minutes

Two interviews with John Siracusa used for the 20 Macs for 2020 podcast, discussing the first nine entries in the series.

#20: iMac G3 (#1)

December 31st, 2020 · 24 minutes

It was the late 90s and Apple was on the ropes. Steve Jobs knew the company needed a lifeline, fast. And 10 months after Jobs took back control of the company, he announced the product that would fund Apple's resurgence and change its future forever.

#19: The Original PowerBooks (#2)

December 24th, 2020 · 14 minutes

After the failure of the Macintosh Portable, Apple took a different approach to designing a laptop. The result helped tip the balance of power between humans and computers.

#18: Original Macintosh (#3)

December 18th, 2020 · 21 minutes

The first Mac followed in the Lisa's footsteps and had a lot of limitations--but it changed the course of the computer industry forever.