If the iMac is very well known at Apple, because it is still in the range, did you know that the Californian firm once marketed another all-in-one? It wasl'eMac. The latter saw the light of day inavril 2002. In its day it was the CRT penchant for the all-in-one format, when the iMac had just moved to LCD. It remained Apple's most accessible computer for a long time, powered at its launch by a processorPowerPC G4 clocked at 700 mHzand 128 MB of RAM. In terms of storage space, you only had to count on 40 GB... The connectivity on the screen box was as follows: 5 USB ports and 2 FireWire ports. Two speakers and a CD-ROM player completed the machine's technical sheet.
With its 17″ diagonal panel and its 23 kilograms, the eMac was particularly appreciated in the world of education, precisely for its practical format and its quality-price ratio, excellent for the time (€1,499 in version base).
The eMac was marketed until July 2006, in its last version dating from May 2005, which then integrated a PowerPC G4 processor clocked at 1.432 GHz and 256 MB of RAM.
And while we sorely miss this on the latest Apple machines, it was possible, on the eMac, toeasily increase the amount of RAM.
The last valiant representative of CRT technology at Apple, the eMac has really notnot last long on the Apple Store shelves, despite its strengths. The iMac obviously took the lead over its false twin to remain on shelves at Apple to this day. The iMac is also the best all-in-one available today in the world of consumer computing. This is all the more true since its move from the Intel platform to the Apple silicon platform.
We still want ahappy birthday to the late eMac. If you are interested in his story, we invite you to watch the video below, from Apple Explained. It's in English, but French subtitles are available.
When did any of you have the opportunity to work on an Apple eMac back in the day? Did you enjoy the experience? What do you think of the machine?
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