Amaya Toman Apple inayambitsa iMac G4 yake mu 2002. Inali yolowa m'malo mwa iMac G3 yopambana kwambiri mu mapangidwe atsopano. IMac G4 inali ndi chowunikira cha LCD, choyikidwa pa "mwendo" wosunthika, wotuluka kuchokera pamunsi wooneka ngati dome, wokhala ndi chowongolera komanso chokhala ndi purosesa ya PowerPC G4. Mosiyana ndi iMac G3, Apple idayika zonse zolimba ndi bolodi pansi pa kompyuta m'malo mowunikira.
IMac G4 inalinso yosiyana ndi yomwe idakhazikitsidwa kale chifukwa idagulitsidwa zoyera zokha komanso zowoneka bwino. Pamodzi ndi kompyuta, Apple idaperekanso Apple Pro Keyboard ndi Apple Pro Mouse, ndipo ogwiritsa ntchito anali ndi mwayi woyitanitsanso Apple Pro speaker. IMac G4 idatulutsidwa panthawi yomwe Apple idasintha kuchokera ku Mac OS 9 kupita ku Mac OS X, kotero kuti kompyutayo imatha kuyendetsa mitundu yonse iwiri ya opareshoni. Komabe, mtundu wa iMac G4 wokhala ndi GeForce4 MX GPU sunathe kulimbana ndi makina opangira a Mac OS X mwachiwonetsero ndipo anali ndi zovuta zazing'ono, monga kusowa kwa zotsatirapo poyambitsa Dashboard.
IMac G4 poyamba inkadziwika kuti "The New iMac", iMac G3 yapitayi idagulitsidwabe kwa miyezi ingapo iMac yatsopano itakhazikitsidwa. Ndi iMac G4, Apple idasintha kuchokera ku zowonetsera za CRT kupita kuukadaulo wa LCD, ndipo kusunthaku kunabwera mtengo wokwera kwambiri. Itangokhazikitsidwa kumene, iMac yatsopano idapeza dzina loti "iLamp" chifukwa cha mawonekedwe ake. Mwa zina, Apple idalimbikitsa malo otsatsa pomwe iMac yatsopano, yowonetsedwa pazenera la sitolo, imakopera mayendedwe a munthu wodutsa.
Zida zonse zamkati zidasungidwa mkati mwa kompyuta ya 10,6-inch yozungulira, chiwonetsero cha TFT Active Matrix LCD cha mainchesi khumi ndi asanu chinayikidwa pa chitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri cha chrome. Kompyutayo inalinso ndi zokamba zamkati. IMac G4 kuyambira 2002 ilipo m'mitundu itatu - yotsika mtengo yotsika mtengo pafupifupi 29300 akorona panthawiyo, inali ndi purosesa ya 700MHz G4 PowerPC, inali ndi 128MB ya RAM, 40GB HDD ndi CD-RW drive. Mtundu wachiwiri unali iMac G4 yokhala ndi 256MB RAM, CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive komanso mtengo wosinthira akorona pafupifupi 33880. The mkulu-mapeto Baibulo la iMac G4 mtengo 40670 akorona mu kutembenuka, anali okonzeka ndi 800MHz G4 purosesa, 256MB RAM, 60GB HDD ndi CD-RW/DVD-R Super Drive pagalimoto. Zitsanzo zonse zamtengo wapatali zinabwera ndi oyankhula akunja omwe tawatchulawa.
Zithunzi
Ndemanga za nthawiyo zidatamanda iMac G4 osati chifukwa cha mapangidwe ake, komanso zida zake zamapulogalamu. Pamodzi ndi kompyuta iyi, pulogalamu yotchuka ya iPhoto idayamba mu 2002, yomwe idasinthidwa pang'ono ndi Zithunzi zamakono. IMac G4 idabweranso ndi AppleWorks 6 office suite, pulogalamu yamakompyuta yasayansi PCalc 2, World Book Encyclopedia, ndi masewera odzaza kwambiri a 3D Otto Mattic.
Ngakhale inali yokwera mtengo, iMac G4 idagulitsidwa bwino kwambiri ndipo sinataye kutchuka kwake mpaka idasinthidwa zaka ziwiri kenako iMac G5. Panthawi imeneyo, idalandira kusintha kwakukulu komwe kumakhudza mphamvu ndi liwiro. Panalinso mitundu yatsopano ya ma diagonal owonetsera - choyamba chosiyana cha inchi khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri, ndipo kenaka pang'ono kusiyana kwa masentimita makumi awiri.
Chitsime: Macworld
