I-Apple yethula ukuqhathaniswa kwe-iMac entsha ne-iMac yesikhathi esedlule futhi ikakhulukazi ngeyokuqala kwe-iMac eyethulwe enkulumweni ka Steve Jobs ongasekho, owe-1998. Le iMac ka-1998 inesici esikhethekile sokuthi kwakuwumkhiqizo wokuqala wesigaba sesibili Semisebenzi enkampanini.
IMac yokuqala ayihlangene ngalutho nemodeli yamanje ka-2015 futhi singaqala ngokubheka izinto zokwakha, iMac yokuqala yayenziwe ngepulasitiki ngakho-ke singaqhubeka nokubona imininingwane ehlukile nokwehluka abasikhombisa khona ku-apula olusemthethweni iwebhusayithi E-U.S.A phakathi kweyokuqala neyokugcina yalezi iMacs.
Sishiya nesethulo sika '98 lapho Imisebenzi noPhil Schiller bakhombise eyokuqala yale iMac ebabazekayo:
Yena "ngaphambili namanje»Lokho kugqama kufayela le- Iwebhusayithi esemthethweni yakwa-Apple evela e-United States, isitshela ukuthi i-iMac yamanje iyakwazi ukubonisa amaphikseli angaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-14 kune-iMac yango-1998, ihluzo zicutshungulwa ngokuphindwe izikhathi ezingama-62.000, zibe ne-RAM ephindwe izikhathi eziyi-1000, umthamo ongaphezu kwezikhathi ezingama-750 futhi zishesha ngokuphindwe izikhathi ezingama-366.
Ngokusobala asinakungabaza ukuthi lokhu kuqhathanisa Kuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi amakhompyutha we-Apple ayizinto zonke ayenjani nanamuhla futhi akudingeki ukuthi sibone izibalo ngendlela ebandayo, uma kungenjalo ukukhumbula ukuthi sivelaphi nokuthi siyaphi. Siyaqiniseka ukuthi iMac entsha yango-2015 izobonakala ngaphambi kweMac yesikhathi esizayo futhi ngokuqinisekile lolu hlobo lokuqhathanisa luzovela eminyakeni embalwa.