e73 – The iMac at 20

We celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of the original iMac, tracing how the revolutionary Bondi gumdrop evolved into flagship desktop Mac of today.

e73 – The iMac at 20

Ed Cormany and Brian Sutorius

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Follow Up

• Steve Jobs App Store interview
• Love Notes to Newton now available

History of the iMac line

• iMac G3
  • Simple Beep e39
  • Stephen Hackett's iMacs at the Ford Museum
  • Simple Beep e23

Not quite.

• iMac G4
  • leaked in TIME magazine
  • design introduction at Macworld SF 2002
  • "tongue" ad
  • Pixar's Luxo Jr.
  • Apple Pro Speakers
  • iSub and SoundSticks
• iMac G5
  • "From the creators of iPod"
  • Front Row
• Intel iMac
  • introduction with MacBook Pro
• Aluminum iMac
• Slim unibody iMac
• Retina iMac and iMac Pro
  • SO MANY PIXELS
• iMac precursors
  • Macintosh Color Classic
    • G3 upgrade