Apple iMac: The Computer That Saved the Company

[Amir Shoam]

Before the iPhone or iPod, Apple's comeback began with the iMac. In 1998, the Bondi Blue desktop revolutionized home PCs, rescued Apple from near bankruptcy, and set the stage for its future success.

Read the full article here.

Apple iMac: The Computer That Saved the Company

 

[spigias]

Oh yes I remember the non stop freezing of those hamburger mouse machines

 

[BobDolesGhost]

The 2013 "Trash Can" Mac Pro and 2019 "Cheese Grater" Mac Pro are the apex of all design in all of human history. Dual use, part computer, part Kitchen.

$700+ dollar cpu case wheels and $1000 dollar display stand... I tell you, the entire company is filled to the brim with grade A+++ geniuses. They've presumptively sold more than 10, so they obviously made their R&D costs

cracks me up lol

 

[Neatfeatguy]

Wife had one of those iMac computers for college. Her parents still have it in storage.....

I wonder if it still works.

 

[Anton Longshot]

Several of the computers in the article would be on my WANT list if I had room for them in my current tiny home.
Useful or not I think they're pretty.
As for the latest iteration(s)...worth considering if I had money to spare. I like the laptops too as my trusty Lenovo's aging a bit. Especially as Microsoft currently seems to be trying to "un-friend" me.

 

[antiproduct]

I remember the original iMacs. I used to call them boat anchors because I envisioned wrapping a rope around the handle on the top and throwing them off a boat.

 

[Cocolio]

No child, what has saved crApple from the disaster is Microsoft with Office and still were on the edge of the precipice until a subject of name Tonny Faddel came with the idea of ​​the iPod in another way the business of the bitten apple would not exist and that would be a blessing

 

[user556]

No child, what has saved crApple from the disaster is Microsoft with Office and still were on the edge of the precipice until a subject of name Tonny Faddel came with the idea of the iPod in another way the business of the bitten apple would not exist and that would be a blessing

And what set the stage was the music industry's refusal to engage with the Internet. That was begging for a solution, which Apple somewhat belatedly provided.

Otherwise the PC was going to crush the Mac, like everything else before it.

 

[Gars]

Hehe I know this boy