Apple iterated on them, making them better and cheaper over time. It’s really incredible how much better the iMac became using that original design. That’s five years after the original Bondi machines showed up. This machine stayed on sale until March 2003. The 600 MHz model, was available in either Snow or Graphite for $999, while a 500 MHz Indigo could be picked up for $799.Įventually, the Graphite and Indigo were silently dropped from the lineup, leaving just the Snow. The G3 did survive this announcement, though. The iMac G4 was a huge break from the CRT-based design of the G3, and is one of my all-time favorite iMacs. These machines were on sale from July 2001 until January 2002, when Jobs announced the iMac G4. The low-end iMac available in Indigo and Snow, with the 600 and 700 MHz models for sale in Snow and Graphite. Apple’s notebook line was maturing, but of course, a lot of this success was built on the back of iMac G3.Īt Macworld New York 2001, Steve Jobs took the wraps off the fastest-ever lineup of iMac G3s: $999 The Digital Hub Strategy was taking shape. The company itself was just a few months away from shipping the iPod, but was already on the road to recovery. Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah had shipped, and Puma was right around the corner. By the time the summer of 2001 rolled around, Apple was well into the OS X transition.
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