Apple iPhone: More Powerful Than 1998 iMac, WAY More Powerful Than 1984 Macintosh

2008/05/12

Apple's (AAPL) original, "Bondi blue" iMac turns ten this week, Valleywag's Nicholas Carlson reminds us. Apple's first Macintosh, meanwhile, is about 24.

On May 6, 1998, back-from-exile "iCEO" Steve Jobs announced the iMac, which started shipping on August 15 of that year.

A decade later, it's obvious that Apple's current iMac is more powerful than the original iMac. But so is the iPhone! And it is one hell of lot more powerful than the state-of-the-art Macintosh circa 1984.

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