The iMac was for the entire 25 years of its life one of the most famous computers on the market. As it happened years ago with a computer that was undoubtedly inspired by the Macintosh, Apple once again hit the middle of the target and created a then-unique design that was interesting in terms of its components. , but that it was packaged in a design designed to go down in history, something that those from Cupertino have shown great mastery at.

Contrary to what is often claimed, There is no Macintosh on permanent display at MOMA in New York, although it is true that some models were displayed in exhibitions held at the museum, and the same can be said for the iMac, which was also rumored to have taken up permanent residence at the time. However, both teams recorded a before and after in terms of computer design.

Introducing the iMac G3, initially referred to as just the iMac, It was produced on May 7, 1998, as we already remembered on the 25th anniversary of the mentioned event, but it did not go on sale until August 15 of the same year. And yes, picking a date in the middle of the hottest and generally least active month of the year, technically speaking, was the moment Steve Jobs chose for the most obvious sign of his return to Apple to come out.

Its technical specifications don’t seem like much (logically) from today’s perspective, but the truth is that in its day the iMac was a fairly balanced design that was perfectly suited to the needs of many home users as well as many uses in academic and professional environments. We must not forget that, for example, Wikipedia was created on an iMac (with more RAM and hard drive yes), a computer that has been auctioned off for a little over a year and a half.

The iMac revived the AiO (All in One) design already introduced in the Macintosh, in a team chaired by a tubular screen (the other iMac design had already made the jump to the flat screen) 15 inches with a resolution of 1024 x 769 pixels. It was motorized with a processor 233 MHz IBM PowerPC G3 (hence the iMac G3 name), along with a graphics card ATI Rage IIc, 32MB RAM and IDE hard disk 4 gigabytes. And while the first model was only available in the memorable Bondi Blue, its January and April 1999 revisions added bold colors for which it is also well remembered.