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Here is a basic listing of Apple Hardware Architectures in the last decade and and half. My knowledge is limited in the pre-G4 area, and is limited to my googling. If something is incorrect, contact me and let me know so I can fix it.

These are listed in the order of Newest to Oldest.

Architecture	Background	Apple Machines
	Duel Core Processor 2006	iMac Mac Mini MacBook Pro MacBook
IBM PowerPC	The G5 PowerPC processor, otherwise called the PowerPC 970 by IBM, is a 64-bit PPC chip. It is akin to IBM's larger Power4 chip used in its high-end mainframes/servers. Until 2007	G5 iMac G5 PowerMac
IBM PowerPC	The G4 is Apple's 32-bit PowerPC processor that supports Alti-Vec. Until 2006	G4 eMac G4 iMac Mac Mini G4 iBook G4 Powerbook
G3 - PowerPC	32-bit don't know
Motorola 68k	The 680x0 was available in 68000, 68020, 68030, 68LC040, and 68040 processors. These were Pre-1994

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