Template:Timeline of iMac models
Timeline of iMac models
<timeline> DateFormat=mm/dd/yyyy Define $now = 07/08/2025
Define $later = 07/08/2026 Period = from:07/15/1998 till:$later Define $skip = at:end # Force a blank line Define $dayunknown = 15 # what day to use if it's actually not known ImageSize= width:1000 height:auto barincrement:22 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:4 left:0 bottom:100 top:5
Colors =
id:bg value:white
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)
- id:core2e value:rgb(0,0.9,0.8) legend:iMac_(Intel_Core_2_Extreme) #
- 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)
BackgroundColors = canvas:bg ScaleMajor = gridcolor:lighttext unit:year increment:1 start:12/31/1998 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightline unit:month increment:1 start:07/15/1998 Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:1
BarData =
barset:main barset:other
PlotData=
width:15 textcolor:black
barset:main shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s $skip $skip $skip color:g3 from:08/15/1998 till:10/05/1999 text:"G3" barset:break $skip $skip $skip color:g32 from:10/05/1999 till:03/18/2003 text:"G3 (slot loading)" barset:break color:emacl from:04/29/2002 till:06/04/2002 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″" barset:break color:emac from:06/04/2002 till:10/12/2005 text:"eMac" $skip color:g5 from:08/31/2004 till:01/10/2006 text:"G5 17″" color:g5 from:08/31/2004 till:03/20/2006 text:"G5 20″" barset:break color:emacl from:10/12/2005 till:07/05/2006 $skip color:cored from:01/10/2006 till:09/06/2006 text:"Core" color:cored from:01/10/2006 till:09/06/2006 text:"Core" barset:break $skip $skip color:core2d from:09/06/2006 till:08/07/2007 text:"Core 2 17″" color:core2d from:09/06/2006 till:08/07/2007 text:"Core 2 20″" color:core2d from:09/06/2006 till:08/07/2007 text:"Core 2 24″" barset:break $skip $skip $skip color:core2d2 from:08/07/2007 till:10/20/2009 text:"Core 2 Alu 20″" 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″" barset:break $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 $skip color:corem1 from:05/22/2021 till:$now text:"A M1 24″" barset:break $skip $skip $skip color:current from:$now till:end barset:other shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s color:lightline from:start till:07/23/1999 text:"Power Mac G3"
</timeline>