Ezinyangeni eziyishumi ngemuva kwethimba elisha labaphathi be-Apple, eliqokwe nguSteve Jobs lapho ebuyela enkampanini ebithathwe kuye, iMac G3 yamenyezelwa, lapho inkampani yama-apula yamemezela ngokuzwakalayo ukuthi izinsuku lapho i-Apple ebithule buthule ngemuva yayiphelile.
IMac kwakuyikhompyutha eyayinesitshalo esihle futhi engakaze ibonwe. Asikwazi ukwenza ihaba uma sithi bekungenakuqhathaniswa nakho konke ngaleso sikhathi esasinakho emhlabeni wekhompyutha. Eduze kwamabhokisi ampunga noma we-beige akhiwe yizimbangi, kwagqama impela.
"Kubukeka sengathi ivela kwenye iplanethi," kusho uJobs ngaleso sikhathi. Iplanethi enhle. Iplanethi enabaqambi abangcono «.
Umklami obhekele iMac G3 kwaba Jony Ive, owayeneminyaka engu-31 kuphela ngaleso sikhathi. Wayese-Apple iminyaka eminingana ngaphambi kokuba uJobs abuye, futhi wayesengcupheni yokushiya le nkampani ngenxa yokungafani okungenakunqotshwa nabaphathi bangaleso sikhathi. Esikhundleni salokho, wathola okuningi ngokufana neMisebenzi ukuthi ukushiya kwakhe umsebenzi kuhlelwe kwaba ukuthuthukiswa komshini omusha wenguquko.
El IMac G3 yayiyisibuyekezo sefilosofi kwemikhiqizo ye-Apple eyayinika amandla iMacintosh yokuqala ngo-1984. Ngaleso sikhathi, ikhompyutha ye-Apple engabizi kakhulu yayibiza u- $ 2.000, cishe okuphindwe kabili lokho okungabizwa yiWindows PC. Imisebenzi ekuqaleni yayifuna okuthile okungabizi, lapho abasebenzisi babekwazi ukufinyelela kwi-Intanethi.
Kodwa-ke, njenge-Mac yasekuqaleni, iphrojekthi yaqala ukuvelela futhi yafakwa kwikhompyutha yesitatimende. Ngomklamo wayo oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka olwandle (olubizwa nge- I-Bondi eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka njengamanzi olwandle lwase-Australia), iMac G3 ibonakale ifinyeleleka futhi kulula ukuyisebenzisa. Kodwa-ke, wonke umuntu akazange ayithande. Abanye abantu babecabanga ukuthi ibukeka iyisidina kakhulu, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yegundane layo elibi "Idiski yeHockey". Kepha wonke umuntu wabona isimilo sawo esihlukile.
Ngokuya ngama-specs, i-iMac G3 ifake iprosesa I-750 MHz PowerPC 3 (G233), I-RAM engu-32MB, i-hard drive engu-4GB EIDE, nokukhethwa kwemifanekiso ye-ATI Rage IIc enemidwebo engu-2MB VRAM noma i-ATI Rage Pro Turbo ene-6MB VRAM.
Ezinye izingcezu ezimbili zehadiwe ezize nale iMac, nazo eziphawulekayo, kwakuyimodemu yefoni eyakhelwe ngaphakathi ngesikhathi lapho amakhompyutha amaningi ayezifaka njengezengezwe ngokuzithandela futhi idrayivu yedrayivu.