Kwiinyanga ezilishumi emva kweqela elitsha lolawulo lwe-Apple, elonyulwe nguSteve Jobs ekubuyeni kwakhe kwinkampani eyayithathiwe kuye, iMac G3 yabhengezwa, ngelo xesha inkampani yeapile yabhengeza ngokuvakalayo ukuba iintsuku apho iApple ithe cwaka ngokuphela kwimvelaphi iphelile.
IMac yayiyikhompyuter eyayinesityalo esihle kwaye engazange ibonwe. Asinakubaxeka ukuba sithi ayinakuthelekiswa nayo yonke into ngelo xesha esasinayo kwihlabathi lekhompyuter. Ecaleni kweebhokisi ezingwevu okanye zexabiso ezakhiwe ziintshaba, yayime ngenene.
"Kubonakala ngathi ivela kwenye iplanethi," utshilo u-Jobs ngelo xesha. Iplanethi elungileyo. Iplanethi enabaqulunqi abangcono «.
Umyili ojongene neMac G3 wayenjalo Jony Ive, owayeneminyaka engama-31 kuphela ngelo xesha. Wayese-Apple iminyaka eliqela ngaphambi kokuba imisebenzi ibuye, kwaye wayesecicini lokushiya inkampani ngenxa yokungafani okungenakuphikiswa nabaphathi belo xesha. Endaweni yoko, wafumanisa okuninzi ngokufanayo nemisebenzi ukuba ukurhoxa kwakhe ekucwangcisweni kuye kwajika kwaba luphuhliso lomatshini omtsha wotshintsho.
El IMac G3 yayihlaziya kakhulu ifilosofi zeemveliso ze-Apple ezanika iMacintosh yoqobo ngo-1984. Ngelo xesha, eyona khompyutha ingabizi kakhulu kwaApple yayixabisa i $ 2.000, ephantse yaphindeka kabini kunaleyo iWindows PC inokuxabisa. Imisebenzi ekuqaleni yayifuna into efikelelekayo, apho abasebenzisi babenokufikelela kwi-Intanethi.
Nangona kunjalo, njenge-Mac yasekuqaleni, le projekthi yaba ne-ambitious kwaye i-morphed kwi-computer yesitatimende. Ngoyilo lwayo oluhlaza lwaselwandle (olubizwa ngokuba I-Bondi eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka njengamanzi kunxweme lwase-Australia), iMac G3 ibonakala ifikeleleka kwaye kulula ukuyisebenzisa. Nangona kunjalo, wonke umntu akazange ayithande. Abanye abantu babecinga ukuba ijongeka inesidima kakhulu, ngakumbi impuku yayo eyoyikekayo "Idiski yeHockey". Kodwa wonke umntu waqonda uphawu yayo eyahlukileyo.
Ngokwee-specs, iMac G3 ibonise iprosesa I-750 MHz PowerPC 3 (G233), I-32MB ye-RAM, i-4GB ye-EIDE hard drive kunye nokukhethwa kwemizobo ye-ATI Rage IIc ene-2MB yemizobo yeVRAM okanye i-ATI Rage Pro Turbo ene-6MB yeVRAM.
Ezinye iziqwenga zehardware ezize nale iMac, ekwaqaphelekayo, yayiyimodem yefowuni eyakhelweyo ngexesha apho uninzi lweekhompyuter lwaluzibandakanya njengezongezo ezizezinye kunye idrayivu.