Some recognize the 9830A as the first all-in-one desktop computer ever built ... never see a computer quite like the iMac G3 again, but the G4 showed that Apple still had an eye for quirky ...
Just as the iMac G3 had done before it, the iMac G4 redefined what a computer should look like and helped establish the reputation of Apple’s designers as some of the foremost technology ...
It was on May 6, 1998, when Apple announced its all-in-one computer ... The original iMac was discontinued a few years later in 2003 when it was replaced by the redesigned iMac G4.