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Apple pulls plug on original iMac

Posted by NTUsEr on 18 March 2003 - 19:51 · 16 comments & 1400 views

Five years after debuting the original iMac, Apple Computer has stopped selling the gumdrop-shaped machine to the public.

The original iMac, which many credit for restoring Apple Computer to fiscal health and profitability, has been on its last legs for some time, though Apple continued to sell it even after debuting the flat-panel iMac in January 2002 and later the eMac. Built around a 15-inch CRT, the original iMac debuted in 1998 for $1,299. The computer eventually sold for as little as $799, keeping its trademark design virtually unchanged while adding features like FireWire, CD burners and DVD players.

However, on Tuesday, Apple removed the lone CRT-based iMac from Apple's main online store and a source confirmed Apple does not plan to keep selling it publicly. The machine is still listed on Apple's online education store and schools have been the main reason Apple has continued to make the device.

Introduced in a shade known as Bondi Blue, the iMac spent its childhood in candy colors like grape and lime and its early adulthood in wild hues like Blue Dalmatian and Flower Power before spending its later years in subtle shades like graphite and snow.

News source: C|net

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(1 reply) #1 Posted by mintll on 18 Mar 2003 - 20:17: Bye, Bye Imac

#2 Posted by Mav Phoenix on 18 Mar 2003 - 20:48: Good riddance.

#3 Posted by Mr. Black on 18 Mar 2003 - 21:08: Definitely a machine that saved Apple...and good looking for it's time But I don't like fruit inside my computer...I like Intel inside it.

#4 Posted by Kanecorp on 18 Mar 2003 - 22:16: took em long enough!

(1 reply) #5 Posted by astrokat on 18 Mar 2003 - 22:17: I saw that the emac and the old imac looked exactly the same .. i was like wtf???

#6 Posted by Tim on 18 Mar 2003 - 22:28: Long live the iMac!!

(2 replies) #7 Posted by mintll on 19 Mar 2003 - 00:09: Now can they ditch the mono button mouse?

(1 reply) #8 Posted by corrosive23 on 19 Mar 2003 - 01:59: the emac uses the old imac casing but has a g4 inside.

(1 reply) #9 Posted by leebobs on 19 Mar 2003 - 02:09: Mac = Toss

#10 Posted by jaredbkt on 19 Mar 2003 - 14:57: You guys are funny. Maybe I can be just like you when I grow down.

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