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Apple Inc.
1997–2010: Renaissance and reinvention
…product lines, and launching the iMac, the first of many affordable and innovative products to come from the now-revitalized company.
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…product lines, and launching the iMac, the first of many affordable and innovative products to come from the now-revitalized company.
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Jony Ive
Redefining the home computer
Ive’s design for the 1998 iMac desktop computer, for example, stunned consumers and critics alike with its translucent candy colors and a seductively rounded exterior over a functional core that was itself a product of high design. The design also called for reshaping the processor to fit within the machine’s…
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Ive’s design for the 1998 iMac desktop computer, for example, stunned consumers and critics alike with its translucent candy colors and a seductively rounded exterior over a functional core that was itself a product of high design. The design also called for reshaping the processor to fit within the machine’s…
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Steve Jobs
Saving Apple
In 1998, Jobs introduced the iMac, an egg-shaped, one-piece computer that offered high-speed processing at a relatively modest price and initiated a trend of high-fashion computers. (Subsequent models sported five different bright colours.) By the end of the year, the iMac was the nation’s highest-selling personal computer, and Jobs was…
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In 1998, Jobs introduced the iMac, an egg-shaped, one-piece computer that offered high-speed processing at a relatively modest price and initiated a trend of high-fashion computers. (Subsequent models sported five different bright colours.) By the end of the year, the iMac was the nation’s highest-selling personal computer, and Jobs was…
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USB
’s iMac, introduced in 1998, changed this, however. By making a popular computer that used only USB ports, Apple essentially drove other manufacturers to adopt the standard. Since then most peripheral devices, such as printers, scanners, and keyboards, have used USB technology. The standard even led…
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’s iMac, introduced in 1998, changed this, however. By making a popular computer that used only USB ports, Apple essentially drove other manufacturers to adopt the standard. Since then most peripheral devices, such as printers, scanners, and keyboards, have used USB technology. The standard even led…
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