IMac

:For other uses of the term "IMAC", see IMAC.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The iMac is Apple's desktop line of all-in-one computers, the company's consumer flagship since 1998. Having evolved through three basic iterations, the iMac has been a largely successful innovation that, along with the iPod, has contributed to Apple's success in gaining a significantly increased share of the computer market.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Immediately after becoming Apple's interim CEO in 1997, Steve Jobs streamlined the company's large and confusing product lines. By late 1997, Apple had trimmed its line of desktop Macs down to the beige Power Macintosh G3 series. Having discontinued the consumer-targeted Performa series, Apple sought a replacement for the Performa's price point. The company announced the iMac on May 7, 1998, and officially started shipping the machine on August 15 of that year.

Apple: The apple is a tree and its pomaceous fruit, of species Malus domestica in the family Rosaceae, and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. It is a small deciduous tree reaching 5-12 m tall, with a broad, often densely twiggy crown. The leaves are alternately arranged, simple oval with an ...

Computer: A computer is a device or for processing information from data according to a program — a compiled list of instructions. The information to be processed may represent numbers, text, pictures, or sound, amongst many other types....

1998: 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean....