![]() ![]() Like the original iMac, today’s model is more than a pretty face. Minimalists and cranky corporate buyers can get a non-colorized model - The M1 iMac also is available in an all-silver configuration. In the front of the computer, on the “chin” beneath the display, is a more-subdued shade matching the one in the rear. The back of its mounted panel sports one of several bold hues: blue, green, pink, yellow, orange and purple (the latter seemingly destined for the fans of the dearly departed Prince). However, the new model is dramatically lighter and thinner - and livelier. It consists of a flattened unit, incorporating the display and the computer innards, that is mounted on a metal stand. In a retro move with a modern twist, Apple has injected a bright spectrum into the newest version of its iMac - which was announced April 20 and released May 21 for $1,249 and up. Even Apple’s professional-grade Power Macintosh tower went Bondi, for a time, until the company’s corporate clients reportedly rebelled. Apple’s iBook laptop also was available in a variety of colors. The iMac would eventually be offered in a Life Savers-style array of shades, such as blueberry, lime, tangerine, strawberry and grape. The computer was Apple’s first iMac, an all-in-one computer that started the company on a skyward trajectory after it teetered near financial ruin for years, and injected playful color into a consumer-computing marketplace after decades of blah beige.Īt the time, I had one of those iMacs on loan from Apple in my capacity as a tech journalist - but when I think back to that period, for some reason that billboard and the Bondi orb upon it is the first thing that pops into my head. On the billboard was an egg-shaped computer in a particular shade of blue - “Bondi” blue, inspired by the waters off Bondi Beach in New South Wales, Australia. ![]() It was there, in 1998, that a billboard loomed over the freeway. Whenever I drive eastward on Interstate 94, my eyes and memory are irresistibly drawn to a spot above downtown St.
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