The iMac is a range of all-in-one Macintosh desktop computers designed and built by Apple Inc. The iMac was described by Steve Jobs as, "The excitement of the internet. The simplicity of Macintosh." It has been the primary part of Apple's consumer desktop offerings since its introduction in 1998, and has evolved through four distinct forms. In its original form, the iMac G3, the iMac was gum drop- or egg-shaped with a CRT monitor, mainly enclosed by colored, translucent plastic. The second major revision, the iMac G4, moved to a design of a hemispherical base containing all the main components and an LCD monitor on a freely moving arm attached to the top of the base. The iMac G5 and the Intel iMac placed all the components immediately behind the display, creating a chunky unified design that tilts only up and down on a simple metal base. The current iMac shares the same form as the previous models, but is now thinner and uses anodized aluminum and black-bordered glass for its case.
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The changes with the iMac start with the screen. Replacing the previous 20- and 24-inch screen with a 16:10 aspect ratio are 21.5- and 27-inch displays at 16:9, more suitable for widescreen HDTV video. The 21.5-inch display has a native resolution of 1920-by-1080, while the 27-inch display has a resolution of 2560-by-1440. The aluminum faceplate at the bottom of the screen is narrower than before, and the aluminum border around the screen is gone. At first glance, you might mistake the new iMacs for HDTVs—in fact, the new 27-inch iMac has support for a VESA Mount Adapter Kit ($29) for mounting on a wall .... Read More
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