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The iMac is an all-in-one personal computer that was first released in 1998. It is made by Apple Inc.. It has been the main part of Apple's consumer desktop offerings since its debut in August 1998, and has evolved through six distinct forms.[1]

Apple adopted Intel processors which post-2006 iMacs now run on. Because Mac OS X was written for PowerPC at the time, Mac OS X ran in an emulation environment called Rosetta. Programs and applications received 'Universal Binary' updates to make them run reliably and use less resources of the Rosetta environment, instead hardware accelerating themselves.

iMac models after 2001 were shipped with macOS (formerly known as OS X).

The latest macOS version is Big Sur, which is not Intel processor dependent. No PowerPC based computer can run or install it meaning most of the iMac line are not 10.11 compatible.

Some of the newest iMac models don't have CD or disc drives.

On May 2021, 24" iMac with Apple M1 will be released.

Timeline of iMac models

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    id:g3         value:rgb(1,0.85,0.85) legend:iMac_(PowerPC_G3)
    id:g32        value:rgb(1,0.9,0.9)
    id:g4         value:rgb(1,0.85,0.65) legend:iMac_(PowerPC_G4)
    id:g42        value:rgb(1,0.9,0.7)
    id:g5         value:rgb(1,0.85,0.45) legend:iMac_(PowerPC_G5)
    id:g52        value:rgb(1,0.9,0.5)
    id:cored      value:rgb(0.8,1,0.8) legend:iMac_(Intel_Core_Duo)
    id:core2d     value:rgb(0.5,1,0.8) legend:iMac_(Intel_Core_2_Duo)
    id:core2d2    value:rgb(0.2,1,0.8)
    id:corei      value:rgb(0.1,1,0.5) legend:iMac_(Intel_Core_2_Duo/_Core_i)
    id:2008       value:rgb(0.1,0.9,0.8)
  1. id:core2e value:rgb(0,0.9,0.8) legend:iMac_(Intel_Core_2_Extreme) #
  2. id:blank value:rgb(0.99,0.99,0.99) legend:~_#
    id:corei2     value:rgb(0.78,1,0.35) legend:iMac_(Intel_Core_i_Gen3)
    id:corei3     value:rgb(0.85,0.9,0.45) legend:iMac_(Intel_Core_i_Gen4)
    id:corei5     value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.55) legend:iMac_(Intel_Core_i_Gen5)
    id:corei6     value:rgb(0.9,0.95,0.7) legend:iMac_(Intel_Core_i_Gen6)
    id:corem1     value:rgb(0.9,1,0.85) legend:iMac_(Apple_M1)
    id:pro        value:rgb(0.8,1,0.925) legend:iMac_Pro
    id:emac       value:rgb(0.65,0.65,0.9) legend:eMac_(PowerPC_G4)
    id:emacl      value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.95) legend:Limited_to_education
    id:current    value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.9) legend:Still_currently_produced
    id:lightline  value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.9) legend:other_Apple_products
    id:lighttext  value:rgb(0.5,0.5,0.5)

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   $skip
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   $skip
   $skip
   $skip
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   color:g4 from:01/07/2002 till:08/30/2004 text:"G4 15″"
   color:g4 from:07/17/2002 till:08/30/2004 text:"G4 17″"
   color:g4 from:11/18/2003 till:08/30/2004 text:"G4 20″"
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   $skip
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   color:core2d from:09/06/2006 till:08/07/2007 text:"Core 2 24″"
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   $skip
   $skip
   $skip
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   color:core2d2 from:08/07/2007 till:10/20/2009 text:"Core 2 Alu 24″"
 barset:break
   $skip
   $skip
   $skip
   color:corei from:10/20/2009 till:10/23/2012 text:"Core 2/i 21.5″"
   color:corei from:10/20/2009 till:10/23/2012 text:"Core 2/i 27″"
 barset:break
   $skip
   $skip
   $skip
   color:corei2 from:11/30/2012 till:10/01/2013 text:"C i 21.5″"
   color:corei2 from:01/01/2013 till:10/01/2013 text:"C i 27″"
 barset:break
   $skip
   $skip
   $skip
   color:corei3 from:10/01/2013 till:10/13/2015 text:"C i 21.5″"
   color:corei3 from:10/01/2013 till:10/13/2015 text:"C i 27″"
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   $skip
   $skip
   $skip
   color:corei5 from:10/13/2015 till:04/20/2021 text:"C i 21.5″"
   color:corei6 from:10/13/2015 till:03/08/2022 text:"C i 27″"
   color:pro    from:12/14/2017 till:03/06/2021 text:"iMac Pro
 barset:break
   $skip
   $skip
   $skip
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   $skip
   $skip
   color:current from:$now      till:end
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   color:lightline from:start till:07/23/1999 text:"Power Mac G3"

</timeline>

References[change]

  1. Olivarez-Giles, Nathan (May 3, 2011). "Apple updates iMac line with quicker processors, graphics and Thunderbolt I/O". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 29, 2012.

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