I-Apple isungula ukuthelekisa iMac entsha kunye neMac yexesha elidlulileyo kwaye ngakumbi ngakumbi eyokuqala iMac ebonisiweyo Kwisithethi esiphambili ngongasekhoyo uSteve Jobs, le yonyaka ka 1998. Le iMac yowe-1998 ikhethe into yokuba yayiyimveliso yokuqala yenqanaba lesibini leMisebenzi kwinkampani.
I-iMac yokuqala ayinanto yakwenza nemodeli yangoku ka-2015 kwaye singaqala ngokujonga izinto zokwakha, iMac yokuqala yayenziwe ngeplastikhi kwaye ke sinako ukuqhubeka nokubona iinkcukacha ezahlukeneyo nolwahluko abasibonisa zona kwiapile esemthethweni iwebhusayithi kwi-U.S.A phakathi kweyokuqala neyokugqibela yezi iMacs.
Sishiya inkcazo ye-98 apho Imisebenzi kunye noPhil Schiller Babonisa eyokuqala yale iMac inomtsalane:
Yena "ngaphambili nangoku»Oko kubonakala kwi Iwebhusayithi esemthethweni ka-Apple isuka eUnited States, isixelela ukuba iMac yangoku iyakwazi ukubonisa iipixels ezili-14 ngaphezulu kwe-iMac yowe-1998, imizobo icutshungulwa amaxesha angama-62.000 ngokukhawuleza, inamawaka ali-1000 ngaphezulu kwe-RAM, amandla angaphezulu kwamaxesha angama-750 kwaye ingama-366 amaxesha ngokukhawuleza kwiinkqubo.
Ngokucacileyo asithandabuzi ukuba olu thelekiso Sisikhumbuzo sento yeekhompyuter zika-Apple zonke-in-nye ezazinjalo nanamhlanje kwaye akufuneki ukuba siwabone ngendlela ebandayo la manani, ukuba asizukukhumbula apho sivela khona kwaye siya phi. Siqinisekile ukuba iMac entsha yonyaka ka-2015 izakubonakala phambi kweMac yexesha elizayo kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo olu hlobo lokuthelekisa luza kuvela kwiminyaka embalwa.