Apple Special Events in 1998

The following Special Events were held by Apple Computer in 1998:

January 1998
The 1998 Macworld Conference & Expo was held January 6 to 9, 1998 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. During the keynote address on the opening day, Apple interim CEO Steve Jobs announced Mac OS 8.1 with support for HFS Plus, QuickTime 3.0, and the return of Apple to profitability.

iMac
On May 6, 1998, Apple held a standalone special event at the Flint Center at De Anza College in Cupertino, where Steve Jobs unveiled the iMac, featuring a PowerPC G3 processor and a groundbreaking translucent design by Jonathan Ive.

WWDC 1998


The 1998 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 1998) was held May 11 to 15, 1998 at the San Jose Convention Center. New announcements included the new "Wallstreet" PowerBook G3 with DVD-ROM drive and the Carbon API to transition existing Mac software from classic Mac OS to Mac OS X.

July 1998
On July 7, 1998, a keynote event was held at Macworld Expo New York in which Steve Jobs recapped the survival of Apple and moving on from profitability to product strategy. Mac OS 8.5 (code named "Allegro") was demonstrated.