Mwedzi gumi mushure mechikwata chitsva cheApple manejimendi, chakasarudzwa naSteve Jobs paakadzokera kukambani yakatorwa kwaari, iMac G3 yakaziviswa, panguva iyo kambani yeapuro yakazivisa zvinonzwika kuti mazuva apo Apple yaive chinyararire ichipera kumashure ivo vakapfuura.
IMac yaive komputa yaive nemuti wakanaka uye isina kumboona. Hatigone kuwedzeredza kana tikati zvaive zvisingaenzaniswi nezvose izvo panguva iyoyo zvataive nazvo munyika yekomputa. Pedyo nemabhokisi egrey kana beige akavakwa nevanokwikwidza, yakanyatso kumira.
"Zvinoita sekunge iri kubva kune imwe nyika," akadaro Jobs panguva iyoyo. Nyika yakanaka. Nyika ine zvirinani vagadziri «.
Mugadziri anotungamira iMac G3 yaive Jony Ive, uyo aingova nemakore 31 chete panguva iyoyo. Akanga ari kuApple kwemakore akati wandei Jobs asati adzoka, uye aive padanho rekusiya kambani nekuda kwekusagadzikana kusingakundike nemaneja wenguva iyoyo. Pane kudaro, akawana zvakawanda zvakafanana ne Jobs kuti kuronga kwake kurongwa kwakashanduka kuve kusimudzira kwechimurenga muchina.
El iMac G3 yaive yakanyanya kuvandudzwa pane huzivi yezvigadzirwa zveApple zvakapa simba Macintosh yekutanga muna 1984. Panguva iyoyo, kombiyuta yaApple yakachipa zvikuru yaiita madhora zviuru zviviri, zvingangoita zvakapetwa zvakapetwa neWindows PC. Mabasa pakutanga aida chimwe chinhu chinodhura, kuburikidza icho vashandisi vaigona kuwana iyo Internet.
Nekudaro, saiyo Mac wekutanga, chirongwa ichi chakazove chinzvimbo uye morphed mune chirevo komputa. Iine translucent yayo navy bhuruu dhizaini (inonzi Bondi bhuruu semvura pamhenderekedzo yeAustralia), iMac G3 yaiita senge inowanikwa uye iri nyore kushandisa. Zvisinei, munhu wese haana kuzvifarira. Vamwe vanhu vakafunga kuti yaitaridzika kunge yakanyarara, kunyanya nekuda kwegonzo rayo rakaipisisa "Hockey disk". Asi munhu wese akaziva hunhu hwayo.
Panyaya yemaficha, iyo iMac G3 yakaratidza processor 750 MHz PowerPC 3 (G233), 32MB RAM, 4GB EIDE hard drive, uye sarudzo yeATI Rage IIc mifananidzo ine 2MB VRAM mifananidzo kana ATI Rage Pro Turbo ine 6MB VRAM.
Zvimwe zvidimbu zviviri zvehardware zvakauya neiyi iMac, izvo zvakare zvine mukurumbira, yaive yakavakirwa-mukati foni modem panguva iyo makomputa mazhinji aivasanganisira chete sekuwedzera zvekuwedzera uye floppy drive.