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.
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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.