1998

The following Apple-related events occurred or were scheduled in 1998:
===January 1998===
*January 6: At Macworld Expo in San Francisco, Apple Computer interim CEO Steve Jobs announces Mac OS 8.1 with support for HFS Plus, QuickTime 3.0, and the return of Apple to profitability.
*January 12: Mars Rising is released for classic Mac OS.
*January 19: Mac OS 8.1 is released with HFS Plus.
*January 22: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, the final update for classic Mac OS, is released.
===February 1998===
*February 27: Apple Computer interim CEO Steve Jobs cancels the Newton platform.
===March 1998===
*March 6: Disgruntled fans and developers gather at Apple Computer's 1 Infinite Loop campus to protest the discontinuation of the Newton platform.
*March 13: Bandai abandons its participation in the Pippin platform, Apple Computer's first attempt at entering the game console market.
*March 17: Apple Computer introduces 300 MHz versions of the "beige" Power Macintosh G3, and announces the first Apple Studio Display, featuring a 15-inch LCD.
===April 1998===
*April 3: The Power Macintosh G3 All-In-One "molar" is released to the educational market.
*April 20: Apple Computer interim CEO Steve Jobs meets with Lucent executives to discuss adapting their "Wireless LAN" technology into the first AirPort card.
===May 1998===
*May 4: Apple Computer announces its acquisition of Macromedia Final Cut, which would later be released as Final Cut Pro.
*May 6: Steve Jobs reveals the iMac.
*May 7: The first LCD Apple Studio Display is released by Apple Computer.
*May 11-15: The 1998 Worldwide Developers Conference is held at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in California, where the new "Wallstreet" PowerBook G3 is introduced. New software announcements include Carbon and Quartz.
===June 1998===
*June 25: Windows 98 is released by Microsoft.
===July 1998===
*July 7: Apple Computer interim CEO Steve Jobs demonstrates Mac OS 8.5 at Macworld Expo in New York.
===August 1998===
*August 15: The first iMac G3 is released, along with the first Apple USB Keyboard.
*August 31: Apple discontinues support for the Macintosh IIx.
===September 1998===
*September 4: Google is founded by Ph.D. students at Stanford University.
*September 16-20: Apple Expo 1998 is held in Paris, France.
===October 1998===
*October 17: Mac OS 8.5 is released to the public, along with "Revision B" of the original iMac G3 with updated ATI Rage Pro graphics.
*October 28: QuickTime VR Authoring Studio is updated to version 1.0.1.
===November 1998===
===December 1998===
*December 7: Mac OS 8.5.1 is released.
==See also==
*Apple Special Events in 1998
==External links==
*Press Release Library at Apple (archived 2001-01-24)