Apple showcases how far iMac has come since 1998

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1998 vs. 2015. No surprises about the winner in this one.
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To coincide with today’s brand new Retina iMacs release, Apple has launched a superb new mini-site comparing the latest Mac desktop with the 1998-era iMac G3.

The first major release under Steve Jobs upon his return to Apple, the original iMac was also the computer which introduced Jony Ive as a creative force at Apple, as well as the machine that announced that Apple was on the comeback trail.

Needless to say, Moore’s Law and an extra 17 years of innovation means that the current iMac is on a totally different plain to Jobs’ comeback computer.

Check out some of the astonishing stats below.

As Apple points out, today’s top-of-the-range iMac features:

  • 14 million more pixels than the original iMac
  • 62,000 times faster graphics
  • 366 times more processing power
  • 1,000 times more RAM
  • 750 times more storage

Despite this, I still love my original iMac G3, which remains in its original box in a cupboard at my parents’ house — presumably to be retrieved at the same time that Furbies, Lauryn Hill, Dawson’s Creek and other 1998 pop culture phenomenons come back in style.

It’s amazing to think how far we’ve come, though. In terms of computing power, I mean.

You can visit Apple’s iMac mini-site here.

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