Apple eMac
The eMac is an Apple computer originally designed for the education market only . It was presented to the public in April 2002.
Due to high customer demand, it was officially available for customers who do not come from the education sector. The eMac can be seen as the successor to the Ur- iMac , because it has the same complete computer design with computer and monitor in one housing as this one, but with a larger 17 " tube ( CRT ) monitor and a change to the next generation of processors.
Technical specifications
Original version (released April 29, 2002)
- Launched June 4th, 2002
- 700 or 800 MHz PowerPC-G4 processor
- 100 MHz system bus
- 128 or 256 MB PC100 SDRAM (expandable to a maximum of 1 GB SDRAM)
- Nvidia GeForce2 MX 3D AGP 2X graphics
- 17-inch CRT tube screen
- 3 integrated USB and 2 Firewire connections
- 18 watt stereo speakers
- Built-in microphone
- Built-in modem
- CD-ROM or combo drive
- 40 GB hard drive
- AirPort prepared
First revision (presented May 6, 2003)
- 800 MHz or 1 GHz PowerPC-G4 processor
- 133 MHz system bus
- 128 or 256 MB PC133 SDRAM (expandable to a maximum of 1 GB SDRAM)
- ATI Radeon 7500 AGP 4 × (32 MB DDR-SDRAM)
- 17-inch CRT tube screen
- 3 integrated USB and 2 Firewire connections
- 18 watt stereo speakers
- Built-in microphone
- Built-in modem
- CD-ROM, Combo-Drive or SuperDrive (2 ×, CD and DVD burner)
- 40, 60 or 80 GB hard drive
- AirPort Extreme prepared
Second revision (presented April 13, 2004)
- 1 GHz or 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 processor
- 167 MHz system bus
- 256 MB DDR-SDRAM (expandable to a maximum of 1 GB DDR-SDRAM)
- ATI Radeon 9200 graphics (32 MB DDR-SDRAM)
- 17-inch CRT tube screen
- 3 integrated USB and 2 Firewire connections
- 18 watt stereo speakers
- Built-in microphone
- Built-in modem
- Combo-Drive or SuperDrive (4 ×, CD and DVD burner)
- 40 or 80 GB hard drive
- AirPort Extreme prepared
Third revision (presented May 3, 2005)
- 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4 processor
- 167 MHz system bus
- 256 MB or 512 MB DDR SDRAM (expandable to a maximum of 2 GB DDR-SDRAM)
- ATI Radeon 9600 graphics (64 MB dedicated DDR-SDRAM)
- 17-inch CRT tube screen
- 3 integrated USB 2.0 and 2 Firewire connections
- 18 watt stereo speakers
- Built-in microphone
- CD-ROM drive, combo drive (DVD-ROM / CD-RW) or SuperDrive (16 × DVD + R DL / DVD ± RW / CD-RW)
- 80 or 160 GB hard drive
- AirPort Extreme prepared
- Bluetooth
- Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
successor
Not least in connection with the appearance of the new iMac generation with Intel processor in January 2006, Apple stopped selling eMacs at the end of 2005.
As a successor, a special version of the 17-inch iMac was introduced in July 2006 , which has less powerful graphics hardware and only a ComboDrive. In contrast to the standard model, the Apple Remote control and the integrated Bluetooth module are also missing . With these savings, the price of the educational iMac has been reduced to 938 euros. After the new iMac had been ordered from Apple's education store for a few days, it was removed from the end customer area for a while and since the introduction of the 24 "iMac has now been available to end customers again.
After the presentation of the aluminum iMac, the educational iMac was dropped from the program along with the 17 "iMac.
