Usuku olukhethwe yi-Apple kwaba yi- Agasti 15, 1998, ukumaketha enye yama-Mac abaluleke kakhulu aziwayo. Le modeli kusukela ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-90 yayingahlangene neze ne-iMac yamanje.
I-iMac yokuqala kwakuyimodeli ye-G3, aziwa ngekhava yangemuva enombala we-caramel, emise okwenjoloba. Ngemuva kwalokho, isikrini besilokhu sincipha njengoba usayizi wezinto uthuthuka, kuze kube yi-iMac esiyaziyo namuhla. Akusikho nje ukuqondana kwezinto ukuthi ngemuva kokwakhiwa kwale iMac okungabeka umkhuba, kwakungunjiniyela osemncane nomklami omkhulu we-Apple, uJony Ive.
Le modeli yokuqala, yephule isikhunta kulokho kuze kube manje kwakuyikhompyutha ngokwakhiwa. Isebenzise amapulasitiki agqamile anemibala egqamile, avumela izingxenye zangaphakathi ze-Mac ukuthi zibonakale. Ngamazwi kaSteve Jobs kulesi sethulo:
Le yi-iMac. Konke kuguqukile. Uyayibona. Kuhle
Le iMac yokuqala kwabiza u- $ 1.299 lapho ikhishwa. Ibinomprosesa we-G3 PowerPC 750, ngejubane le-700Mhz, ne-4 GB yokugcina. Imidwebo leyo bekuyi-ATI futhi isikrini sayo singamayintshi ayi-15. Ngaleso sikhathi kwakuyiqembu elinamandla futhi elilinganiselayo, ukusetshenziselwa ukwenza noma yimuphi umsebenzi.
Ukunakwa kwadonswa imibala eminingi iMac yaba nayo. Sikhuluma ngalokhu okulandelayo: Bondi Blue, Blueberry, Grape, Graphite, Indigo, Lime, Sage, Strawberry, Ruby, Snow, Tangerine kanye nemibala emibili enephethini, iDalmatian Blue ne-Flower Power.
Futhi, le Mac ifike ngesikhathi esichazayo se-Apple. Kukhiqizwa ngemuva konyaka uSteve Jobs ebuyele kule nkampani, ngaleso sikhathi u-Apple wayezama ukuthola indlela emakethe, ubunikazi, ifilosofi noma uhlelo lwebhizinisi emashumini eminyaka alandelayo. Ukuthi amaholo ka-Apple aphindwe kathathu kwikota yokuqala ka-1999 kubabekele isifundo abasasilandela nanamuhla.
Emfanekisweni olandelayo, sizobona ifayela le- ukuvela kweMac eminyakeni elandelayo nokuthi ziguqulwa kanjani kuze kube namuhla.
