Apple releases the eMac.
April 29th, 2002
Apple releases the eMac. A nice move to get back into the education market, but I also suspect that Apple didn’t want to waste its investment in its 17″ flat-face CRT manufacturing process. The same situation inspired SONY’s eVilla, a flat-face CRT-based internet appliance that crashed and burned hideously.
It seems the eMac has something else in common with the eVilla, as well:
Weight: 50 pounds (22.7kg)