“Computers are like a bicycle for our mind” – Steve Jobs.
In August of 1998, less than two years after Steve Jobs returned to the company he had built, Apple released the iMac G3. Simple to use, and engaging in its egg-shaped designed, the computer found prominence in the classroom rather than the household.
Apple capitalised on this fact in 2002 with the eMac, an entry level machine originally marketed exclusively to educators.
Eventually, the company moved to focus on a broader range of customers, but the memory of these computers remain in the minds of those who used them.
These users include the team at Curved/labs, who found themselves asking “What if Apple once again – aside from the iPad – focused on the educational market with a desktop computer? And what might such a computer look like in the year 2016?”
The result is the eMac (2016).
Remarkably, the specifications are exactly the same as the latest iMac, though it features a 4:3 resolution touchscreen. Also included is a front-facing dual camera for 3D capture/scanning.
The classic edition comes in four colours.
Don’t rush out to buy one just yet; the eMac (2016) is just a concept. Regardless, the design is a fascinating and appropriate evolution of the original iMacs, and a strong example of what might have been.