The new iMac had three headlining features, according to Steve Jobs: The iMac G5 (iSight) was introduced at Apple’s October 2005 Music Special Event, alongside the 5th generation iPod (the first with video playback) and the inclusion of TV shows in the iTunes Store. “Plus, the built-in iSight video camera delivers out-of-the-box video conferencing with friends and family, as well as hours of fun with our new Photo Booth application.” “The new iMac G5 debuts our amazing Front Row media experience, and we think users are going to love it,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. The new iMac G5 comes in a sleek, new design that is even thinner than its predecessor, and starts at just $1,299.
Front Row gives users a simple, intuitive and powerful way to play their music, enjoy their photo slideshows, and watch their DVDs and iMovies, as well as popular movie trailers from and music videos and television shows purchased from the iTunes Music Store, on their iMac from up to 30 feet away using the new bundled Apple Remote. In October 2005 - a mere 14 months after introducing the iMac G5 - Apple replaced it, with the iMac G5 (iSight).Īpple today unveiled the new iMac G5 which features a built-in iSight video camera for out-of-the-box video conferencing and the debut of Apple’s breakthrough Front Row media experience.
It was the deliberate lack of any ostentatious characteristics in the iMac G5 that would pave the way for Apple’s minimalistic design choices over the next decade.Īs Merrick pointed out in his article, the iMac G5 was very serviceable, which turned out to be handy, as Apple had to open a wide-reaching repair extension program due to bad capacitors on the logic board and in the power supply. The iMac G5 had finally grown up, moved out and got a job. Gone were the cutesy colors and childish nature of the infant iMac G3 as well as the nose and lip piercings of the teenage iMac G4 that made sure it stood out of a crowd. This machine was simply a neutral white rectangle, less than 2” thick, held aloft by a single piece of aluminum. The iMac G5 was far more mature in comparison to its predecessors.
In my “Future Classics” series, I try to guess what current-era Apple products may become collectable in the future.īack in April 2013, Jordan Merrick shared a bit about his iMac G5 here on 512:
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