Ranar da Apple ya zaba shine Agusta 15, 1998, don tallata ɗayan mahimman Macs da aka sani. Wannan samfurin daga ƙarshen 90s bashi da alaƙa da iMac na yanzu.
IMac na farko shine samfurin G3, sananne ne game da launuka masu launi na karamel, murfin baya mai siffar roba. Bayan haka, allon yana ta sikancewa yayin da girman abubuwan haɗin ke inganta, har zuwa iMac ɗin da muka sani a yau. Ba abin da ya faru ba ne cewa a bayan ƙirar wannan iMac ɗin da zai kawo ci gaba, matashin injiniya ne kuma babban mai tsara Apple, Jony Ive.
Wannan ƙirar ta farko, ta ɓata abin da har zuwa yanzu ya kasance kwamfuta dangane da zane. Ya yi amfani da robobi mai haske mai haske mai haske, wanda ya ba da damar sassan cikin Mac ɗin su kasance a bayyane. A cikin kalmomin Steve Jobs a cikin gabatarwar:
Wannan iMac ne. Duk abin translucent ne. Kuna iya gani. Yana da kyau
Wannan iMac na farko Kudinsa $ 1.299 lokacin da aka sake shi. Tana da injin sarrafa G3 PowerPC 750, a saurin 700Mhz, da kuma ajiya ta 4 GB. Hotunan sun kasance ATI kuma allonsa yakai inci 15. A lokacin ƙungiya ce mai ƙarfi da daidaito, don amfani dashi don kusan kowane aiki.
An jawo hankali ga launuka da yawa waɗanda iMac ya mallaka. Muna magana ne akan masu zuwa: Bondi Blue, Blueberry, Inabi, Graphite, Indigo, Lime, Sage, Strawberry, Ruby, Snow, Tangerine da launuka biyu da aka zana, Dalmatian Blue da Flower Power.
Har ila yau, wannan Mac ya zo a wani lokaci mai mahimmanci don Apple. Ana samarwa shekara guda bayan Steve Jobs ya dawo kamfanin, a wannan lokacin Apple yana ƙoƙari ya sami hanya a cikin kasuwa, ainihi, falsafa ko tsarin kasuwanci na shekaru goma masu zuwa. Abubuwan da Apple ya samu ya ninka sau uku a farkon kwata na 1999 ya kafa musu hanya wanda har yanzu suke bi.
A cikin hoto mai zuwa, zamu ga juyin halittar iMac a cikin shekaru masu zuwa da yadda suke canzawa zuwa yau.
