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The iMac G3, originally released as the iMac, is a series of Macintosh personal computers that Apple Computer sold from 1998 to 2003. The iMac was Apple's first major product release under CEO Steve Jobs following his return to the financially troubled company he co-founded. Jobs reorganized the company and simplified the product line.
Enter the iMac G3: the weird, egg-shaped desktop that became an object of desire. ... Apple’s stock soared just ahead of the iMac’s release, and not even critical reviews about the lack of a ...
Nominator(s): Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs talk 17:31, 6 May 2024 (UTC) [] In the mid-to-late 1990s, Apple Computer was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy and irrelevance. They were saved by a combination of ruthless cost-cutting by their new interim CEO, Steve Jobs, and a hit product—the iMac G3, which if you lived through the era helped usher in the colorful candy plastics era of consumer ...
The iMac is a series of all-in-one computers from Apple Inc. operating on the MacOS.Introduced by Steve Jobs in August 1998 when the company was financially troubled, the computer was an inexpensive, consumer-oriented computer that would easily connect to the Internet.
The keyboard was criticized in MacWorld's review of the G3 as feeling "cheap compared with the huge Apple keyboard of old" and the removal of several keys. The Apple USB Mouse , previously included with the iMac , was also reviewed poorly, noting that "many users will find it unacceptable: because of the round design, it's impossible to tell ...
The iMac G3 had a translucent plastic case. This first phase appeared in 1997 with the eMate , followed in 1998 with the release of the Power Macintosh G3 All-In-One and the original iMac . This motif was later applied to the first iBook models released in 1999, and the blue-and-white Power Mac G3 and their accompanying Studio Displays.
iBook G3 ("Clamshell") in all five colors: "Tangerine" and "Blueberry" on the top row, and "Graphite", "Indigo" and "Key Lime" on the bottom row. Key Lime was an Apple Online Store exclusive. The design was clearly influenced by Apple's consumer desktop, the iMac. In fact, one of the marketing slogans for the iBook was "iMac to go."
The iMac G3 is an all-in-one personal computer, encompassing both the monitor and the CPU in a single enclosure. Originally released in striking bondi blue and later a range of brightly coloured, translucent plastic, casings shipped with a keyboard and mouse in matching tints, with later revisions shipping with Pro peripherals.