Amaya Toman Sabata yatha, m'gawo lathu la Back to the Past, tidakumbukira tsiku lomwe Apple idayambitsa iMac G3 yake. Munali mu 1998, pomwe Apple sinali bwino kwenikweni, itatsala pang'ono kubweza ndalama, ndipo ochepa adakhulupirira kuti ibwereranso kutchuka. Komabe, panthawiyo, Steve Jobs anali atabwereranso ku kampaniyo, yemwe adaganiza zopulumutsa "Apple" wake panjira iliyonse.
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Kuwuluka padziko lonse lapansi ndi Apple Pamene Jobs adabwerera ku Apple mu theka lachiwiri la 3s, adayamba kusintha kwakukulu. Anayika zinthu zambiri pa ayezi ndikuyamba kugwira ntchito zina zatsopano nthawi imodzi - imodzi mwa izo inali kompyuta ya iMac G6. Idayambitsidwa pa Meyi 1998, XNUMX, ndipo kuyambira nthawi imeneyo makompyuta apakompyuta, omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala ophatikizika a pulasitiki ya beige chassis komanso chowunikira chosakongola kwambiri mumthunzi womwewo.
IMac G3 inali kompyuta yonse-mu-imodzi yomwe inali yokutidwa ndi pulasitiki yamitundu yowoneka bwino, inali ndi chogwirira pamwamba, ndipo inali ndi m'mphepete mwake. M'malo mogwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wa pakompyuta, zidawoneka ngati zowonjezera kunyumba kapena kuofesi. Mapangidwe a iMac G3 adasainidwa ndi Jony Ive, yemwe pambuyo pake adakhala wopanga wamkulu wa Apple. IMac G3 inali ndi chiwonetsero cha 15 ″ CRT, zolumikizira ma jack komanso madoko a USB, zomwe sizinali zanthawi zonse panthawiyo. Kuyendetsa mwachizolowezi kwa 3,5 ″ floppy disk kunalibe, komwe kudasinthidwa ndi CD-ROM drive, komanso kunali kotheka kulumikiza kiyibodi ndi mbewa "puck" mumthunzi womwewo wa iMac G3.
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IMac G3 ya m'badwo woyamba inali ndi purosesa ya 233 MHz, zithunzi za ATI Rage IIc ndi modemu ya 56 kbit/s. IMac yoyamba idayamba kupezeka mumthunzi wabuluu wotchedwa Bondi Blue, mu 1999 Apple idasinthiratu kompyutayi ndipo ogwiritsa ntchito amatha kuigula mumitundu ya Strawberry, Blueberry, Lime, Grape ndi Tangerine.
M'kupita kwa nthawi, mitundu ina yamitundu idawonekera, kuphatikiza mtundu wokhala ndi maluwa amaluwa. Pamene iMac G3 idatulutsidwa, idakopa anthu ambiri komanso anthu ambiri, koma ochepa adaneneratu za tsogolo labwino. Ena amakayikira kuti pangakhale zotengera zokwanira za kompyuta yowoneka mosagwirizana ndi zomwe sizingalowetse floppy disk. Komabe, pamapeto pake, iMac G3 idakhala chinthu chopambana kwambiri - ngakhale isanagulitsidwe mwalamulo, Apple idalembetsa pafupifupi ma 150 oda. Kuphatikiza pa iMac, Apple idatulutsanso iBook, yopangidwanso ndi pulasitiki yamitundu yowoneka bwino. Kugulitsa kwa iMac G3 kudayimitsidwa mwalamulo mu Marichi 2003, wolowa m'malo mwake anali iMac G2002 mu Januware 4 - "nyali" yoyera yodziwika bwino.
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