{"id":21419,"date":"2018-05-03T16:35:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T20:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=21419"},"modified":"2021-05-20T11:05:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T15:05:10","slug":"20-years-of-imac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/03\/20-years-of-imac\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Years of iMac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Steeber<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Placed side-by-side with today’s models, the original Bondi blue iMac is nearly unrecognizable as a member of the same family. Yet, the iMac’s lineage follows one unbroken thread over the past two decades. Apple’s goal to make a powerful, easy to use all-in-one has not wavered. Perhaps Jony Ive summed it up most succinctly when he said Apple’s approach was to “evolve a solution until it seems completely inevitable, completely essential.”<\/p>\n

The iMac’s design story is one of endless evolution, proof that innovation is the result of unrelenting iteration.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

See also: ATPM 4.08<\/a>, 4.09<\/a>, and 4.10<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Update (2018-05-08): Josh Centers<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The iMac has now been around for 20 years, and 9to5Mac’s Michael Steeber documents its history<\/a> from the original Bondi blue model (see “Welcome, iMac!<\/a>,” 6 May 1998 and “iMac Hoopla<\/a>,” 17 August 1998) to the current iMac Pro (see“Apple Releases the iMac Pro<\/a>,” 15 December 2017).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Jason Snell<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Anyway, Andy Gore<\/a> pretty much nailed his commentary on the iMac. Jobs choosing Flint Center at the venue was appropriate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Jason Snell<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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It’s hard to believe today that a Steve Jobs product presentation would be met with indifference, but there was a huge amount of skepticism about Apple’s product announcements back in early 1998.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

John Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Until the iMac was unveiled, the only thing Apple had really shipped in the post-NeXT-reunification era was the Think Different ad campaign. That was a great campaign, but still, mere words, not action. The iMac was the first real product, and it set the stage for everything that has come since.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Tim Cook<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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20 years ago today, Steve introduced the world to iMac. It set Apple on a new course and forever changed the way people look at computers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Peter Cohen<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The first iMac was everything that PCs (and many previous Macs) weren’t. Bulbous, round, organic-looking, colorful. Free of legacy ports like parallel and serial connections, equipped instead with the then-novel USB interface for easy peripheral connectivity. An integrated design that didn’t lend itself to tinkering, but made the iMac less scary to people who weren’t familiar with computers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Geekable<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I really enjoyed this weekend’s 20th anniversary celebration of the iMac.<\/p>\n

It reminded me of when Apple still released new Macs<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Lance Newcomb<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Apple took 8 months to design and ship the iMac. Yet it takes you TWO YEARS to design a new Mac Pro?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Update (2018-05-10): See also: Riccardo Mori<\/a>, Jason Snell<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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