At the time the iMac was created computer marketing had become a numbers game with processor speeds and memory sizes being used to sell the latest fastest product.
Apple realised that computers were fast enough and large enough for the needs of most consumers, who were increasingly wanting to connect to the internet, and so the iMac was marketed as a simple solution to meet the computing needs of the average consumer without emphasising processor speeds etc. The advertising compared the clean all in one design of the iMac with the wired tangle that was the average PC of the time; and explained the 3 Steps needed to connect with the Internet - there was no step 3. (See links below)
It was 1996
Open contacts, found in the dock. Click the + bottom left to add contacts.
No, you can only get that discount on a new iMac not a refurbished iMac.
The original iMac was the G3 which came out in (1998). It was followed by the G4 (2002), then the G5 (2004), then the Intel iMac plastic version (2006). The 5th iMac was the aluminum iMac which came out in (August 2007), followed by the iMac Aluminum Unibody (2009). The newest iMac is simply called 2012 iMac and it came out on November 30, 2012.
There is no "iMac Air".
An iMac is a computer, but a computer is not necessarily an iMac, so they are not the same thing.
No
The iMac
The original iMac was created in 1998.
I do not have a 24" iMac. I have a 20" iMac. Apple no longer sells the 24" iMac. If you will click the Apple logo on the top left of your screen and then click About This Mac then More Info you can find the answer.
The iMac was invented and went on sale in 1998. The iMac as it looks today was introduced in 2006.
There is no apple key on a newer iMac.