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.

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
  
  
  
  

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• 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