Today marks the 20th anniversary of Apple introducing the eMac, designed specifically for educational use in classrooms and computer labs.
Priced at $999 in the United States, the original eMac featured a white enclosure with a 17-inch flat-faced CRT display, a 700 MHz PowerPC G4 processor, 128 MB of RAM, a 40 GB hard drive, five USB ports, two FireWire ports, two speakers, and a built-in CD-ROM drive. An upgraded model with a faster 56K internet modem was available for $1,199.
“Our education customers asked us to design a desktop computer specifically for them,” said Steve Jobs, in April 2002. “The new eMac features a 17-inch flat CRT and a powerful G4 processor, while preserving the all-in-one compact enclosure that educators love.”
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