Macintosh NC

The Macintosh NC (or Mac NC) is a prototype that had been in internal development by Apple Computer. However, it was never released for sale.
==History==
thumb|270px|right|(skip to 7m36s for Pippin prototype demo)(skip to 15m49s for Oracle's version of the NC)
Apple had demonstrated a preliminary design based on the Pippin 2.0 specification to licensees and developers in 1996. Increased ROM space would eliminate the need to store system software on the CD-ROM, allowing diskless booting for set-top or kiosk operation.Options will make Pippin 2 a home, network computer by David Morgenstern, MacWeek vol.10-37. 1996-09-30. Archived 1996-12-20. Gil Amelio, the CEO of Apple Computer at the time, stated that Apple's version of a device based on 's would be "kind of a Pippin Plus."NC coalition frames plans for Net boxes by James Staten, MacWeek vol.10-21. 1996-05-27. Archived 1996-12-20.
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs returned to the company and was named Interim CEO on September 16, 1997.Jobs named interim Apple CEO, C|NET. 1997-09-16. The Pippin was among several projects cancelled by Jobs to return Apple to profitability.For the good of the company? Five Apple products Steve Jobs killed by Casey Johnston, Ars Technica. 2011-08-25. Jobs also disagreed with Larry Ellison of Oracle over the future of the Mac NC.Jobs, Ellison out of sync on Mac NC specs by Jeff Walsh, The Apple Collection. 1997-12-29. Archived 2000-05-31. Jobs chose to redirect technologies from the NC project, such as its capability. The NC evolved into the PowerPC G3-based iMac, a breakout success for Apple in 1998.#1 Temporal Loop - Birth of the iMac by Thomas Hormby, The Mac Observer. 2007-05-25.
==References==
==External links==
*Oracle Readies Low-Cost Net Cruiser at The Spokesman-Review (1996-05-21)
*Macintosh NC at the Pippin @World & Atmark Wiki
* at Wikipedia
Category:Apple prototypes
Category:Unreleased Apple hardware