<s>
The	O
eMac	B-Device
(	O
short	O
for	O
education	O
Mac	B-Device
)	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
all-in-one	B-Device
Mac	B-Device
desktop	O
computer	O
that	O
was	O
produced	O
and	O
designed	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
originally	O
aimed	O
at	O
the	O
education	O
market	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
later	O
made	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
cheaper	O
mass-market	O
alternative	O
to	O
Apple	O
's	O
second-generation	B-Device
LCD	I-Device
iMac	I-Device
G4	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eMac	B-Device
was	O
pulled	O
from	O
retail	O
on	O
October	O
12	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
again	O
sold	O
exclusively	O
to	O
educational	O
institutions	O
thereafter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
discontinued	O
by	O
Apple	O
on	O
July	O
5	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
and	O
replaced	O
by	O
a	O
cheaper	O
,	O
low-end	O
iMac	B-Device
G5	I-Device
that	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
eMac	B-Device
,	O
was	O
exclusively	O
sold	O
to	O
educational	O
institutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eMac	B-Device
design	O
closely	O
resembles	O
the	O
first-generation	B-Device
iMac	I-Device
,	O
though	O
the	O
eMac	B-Device
is	O
white	O
,	O
slightly	O
larger	O
in	O
size	O
,	O
and	O
heavier	O
than	O
the	O
preceding	O
G3	O
,	O
weighing	O
.The	O
unique	O
shape	O
of	O
the	O
computer	O
was	O
also	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
17-inch	O
CRT	B-Device
Studio	B-Device
Display	I-Device
from	O
2000	O
(	O
the	O
last	O
standalone	O
CRT	B-Device
monitor	I-Device
Apple	O
made	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Device
eMac	I-Device
features	O
a	O
PowerPC	B-General_Concept
7450	I-General_Concept
(	O
G4e	O
)	O
processor	B-General_Concept
that	O
is	O
significantly	O
faster	O
than	O
the	O
previous-generation	O
PowerPC	B-Device
750	I-Device
(	O
G3	O
)	O
processor	B-General_Concept
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
17-inch	O
flat	O
CRT	B-Device
display	I-Device
,	O
which	O
was	O
aimed	O
at	O
the	O
education	O
market	O
,	O
as	O
LCD	B-Device
screens	I-Device
would	O
be	O
expensive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
Apple	O
released	O
the	O
iMac	B-Device
G3	I-Device
,	O
an	O
all-in-one	B-Device
computer	I-Device
built	O
around	O
a	O
cathode-ray	B-Device
tube	I-Device
display	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iMac	B-Device
was	O
a	O
major	O
success	O
for	O
Apple	O
,	O
selling	O
more	O
than	O
five	O
million	O
units	O
;	O
it	O
also	O
sold	O
for	O
as	O
low	O
as	O
US$799	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
most	O
affordable	O
Mac	B-Device
model	O
Apple	O
offered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2002	O
,	O
Apple	O
announced	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
iMac	B-Device
G3	I-Device
,	O
the	O
iMac	B-Device
G4	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
iMac	B-Device
was	O
built	O
around	O
a	O
floating	O
flat-panel	O
display	B-Device
,	O
and	O
started	O
at	O
a	O
higher	O
price	O
than	O
the	O
previous	O
generation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
a	O
few	O
models	O
of	O
the	O
iMac	B-Device
G3	I-Device
remained	O
at	O
lower	O
price	O
points	O
,	O
they	O
lacked	O
power	O
for	O
educational	O
tasks	O
like	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
announced	O
the	O
eMac	B-Device
on	O
April	O
29	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
sold	O
only	O
to	O
education	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
had	O
previously	O
created	O
education-only	O
computer	O
models	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
iMac	B-Device
predecessor	O
Power	O
Macintosh	B-Device
G3	O
All-In-One	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
machine	O
's	O
CRT	B-Device
screen	I-Device
made	O
it	O
cheaper	O
than	O
the	O
iMac	B-Device
(	O
the	O
most	O
expensive	O
configuration	O
was	O
still	O
cheaper	O
than	O
the	O
cheapest	O
iMac	B-Device
G4	I-Device
)	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
bulk	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
more	O
resilient	O
to	O
wear	O
and	O
tear	O
in	O
a	O
school	O
setting	O
than	O
the	O
fragile	O
hinge	O
and	O
flat	O
screen	O
of	O
the	O
iMac	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eMac	B-Device
had	O
a	O
substantially	O
similar	O
design	O
to	O
the	O
iMac	B-Device
G3	I-Device
,	O
but	O
featured	O
a	O
larger	O
(	O
16-inch	O
viewable	O
)	O
flat-screen	O
CRT	B-Device
monitor	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
larger	O
screen	O
offered	O
40percent	O
more	O
viewing	O
area	O
than	O
the	O
iMac	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thanks	O
to	O
the	O
short-necked	O
CRT	B-Device
,	O
it	O
took	O
up	O
the	O
same	O
space	O
as	O
the	O
iMac	B-Device
—	O
in	O
fact	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
few	O
millimeters	O
shorter	O
–	O
but	O
also	O
was	O
heavier	O
,	O
at	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	O
was	O
powered	O
by	O
a	O
PowerPC	B-General_Concept
G4	I-General_Concept
processor	B-General_Concept
much	O
faster	O
than	O
the	O
G3-powered	O
iMacs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
RAM	B-Architecture
could	O
be	O
upgraded	O
through	O
a	O
service	O
hatch	O
at	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
complaints	O
from	O
customers	O
,	O
Apple	O
announced	O
the	O
eMac	B-Device
would	O
be	O
available	O
through	O
general	O
retail	O
on	O
month	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eMac	B-Device
generally	O
catered	O
to	O
the	O
mass	O
market	O
,	O
eventually	O
taking	O
over	O
the	O
entry-level	O
(	O
previously	O
held	O
by	O
the	O
iMac	B-Device
G3	I-Device
)	O
Macintosh	B-Device
from	O
2003	O
to	O
2005	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
iMac	B-Device
G4	I-Device
was	O
positioned	O
as	O
a	O
premium	O
offering	O
throughout	O
the	O
lifetime	O
of	O
the	O
eMac	B-Device
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eMac	B-Device
generally	O
offered	O
similar	O
performance	O
and	O
features	O
to	O
the	O
iMac	B-Device
G4	I-Device
while	O
they	O
were	O
sold	O
side	O
by	O
side	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eMac	B-Device
was	O
gradually	O
supplanted	O
by	O
the	O
iMac	B-Device
G5	I-Device
in	O
2005	O
to	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
revision	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
in	O
the	O
line	O
to	O
officially	O
run	O
Apple	O
's	O
OS	B-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
operating	O
system	O
natively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
revision	O
to	O
the	O
eMac	B-Device
line	O
came	O
in	O
April	O
2004	O
,	O
with	O
DDR	O
SDRAM	O
,	O
a	O
faster	O
processor	B-General_Concept
running	O
at	O
1.25GHz	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
better	O
ATI	O
Radeon	B-Device
9200	I-Device
video	O
chipset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
recent	O
revision	O
came	O
in	O
May	O
2005	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
even	O
faster	O
CPU	O
running	O
at	O
1.42GHz	O
,	O
Radeon	B-Device
9600	I-Device
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
larger	O
standard	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
12	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
Apple	O
once	O
again	O
restricted	O
sales	O
of	O
the	O
eMac	B-Device
to	O
educational	O
institutions	O
and	O
returned	O
to	O
its	O
"	O
E	O
is	O
for	O
Education	O
"	O
marketing	O
plan	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
attached	O
to	O
the	O
product	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
restriction	O
to	O
education	O
buyers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
analysts	O
believe	O
Apple	O
wanted	O
to	O
force	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
to	O
purchase	O
the	O
more	O
expensive	O
Mac	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
or	O
iMac	B-Device
which	O
had	O
higher	O
profit	O
margins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
the	O
eMac	B-Device
was	O
the	O
only	O
CRT	B-Device
display	I-Device
product	O
left	O
in	O
Apple	O
's	O
lineup	O
which	O
made	O
it	O
somewhat	O
bulky	O
compared	O
to	O
new	O
offerings	O
which	O
had	O
compact	O
form	O
factors	O
due	O
to	O
their	O
LCD	B-Device
screens	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
falling	O
cost	O
of	O
LCD	B-Device
displays	I-Device
would	O
also	O
gradually	O
bring	O
down	O
the	O
prices	O
of	O
the	O
iMac	B-Device
G5	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
eMac	B-Device
was	O
still	O
available	O
for	O
sale	O
to	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
through	O
some	O
third-party	O
retailer	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
5	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
entire	O
eMac	B-Device
line	O
was	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
"	O
educational	O
configuration	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
iMac	B-Device
Core	O
Duo	O
was	O
introduced	O
that	O
same	O
day	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
a	O
Combo	B-Device
drive	I-Device
rather	O
than	O
a	O
SuperDrive	B-Device
and	O
a	O
smaller	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
of	O
80GB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
eMac	B-Device
models	O
natively	O
boot	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9.2.2	I-Operating_System
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
beginning	O
with	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
10.1.4	I-Operating_System
,	O
while	O
later	O
models	O
only	O
officially	O
boot	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
1GHz	O
and	O
faster	O
models	O
cannot	O
boot	O
OS	B-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
,	O
while	O
eMacs	B-Device
slower	O
than	O
1GHz	O
do	O
not	O
officially	O
support	O
10.5	B-Application
(	O
requirements	O
are	O
an	O
867MHz	O
G4	O
with	O
512	O
MB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eMac	B-Device
was	O
generally	O
well-received	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macworlds	O
Jason	O
Snell	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
eMac	B-Device
served	O
as	O
a	O
worthy	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
iMac	B-Device
G3	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Criticism	O
of	O
the	O
initial	O
release	O
version	O
was	O
that	O
the	O
low	O
amount	O
of	O
installed	O
RAM	B-Architecture
(	O
128MB	O
)	O
was	O
not	O
sufficient	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
early	O
eMac	B-Device
machines	O
have	O
suffered	O
from	O
what	O
was	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Raster	O
Shift	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
phenomenon	O
where	O
the	O
bottom	O
third	O
or	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
goes	O
black	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
image	O
shifting	O
upward	O
and	O
beyond	O
the	O
top	O
boundary	O
of	O
the	O
display	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
problem	O
,	O
Apple	O
offered	O
a	O
solution	O
which	O
involved	O
the	O
replacement	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
cable	O
inside	O
the	O
eMac	B-Device
's	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Certain	O
models	O
of	O
eMac	B-Device
also	O
suffered	O
from	O
capacitor	O
plague	O
,	O
that	O
caused	O
video	O
distortion	O
or	O
the	O
computer	O
to	O
lock	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Model	O
Formal	O
name	O
eMac	B-Device
eMac	B-Device
(	O
ATI	O
Graphics	O
)	O
eMac	B-Device
(	O
USB	B-Protocol
2.0	O
)	O
eMac	B-Device
(	O
2005	O
)	O
Codename	O
"	O
P69	O
"	O
"	O
Northern	O
Lights	O
"	O
"	O
114P	O
"	O
"	O
Q86J	O
"	O
Timetable	O
Released	O
April	O
22	O
,	O
2002	O
August	O
13	O
,	O
2002	O
May	O
6	O
,	O
2003	O
April	O
13	O
,	O
2004	O
May	O
3	O
,	O
2005	O
Discontinued	O
May	O
6	O
,	O
2003	O
October	O
22	O
,	O
2003	O
April	O
13	O
,	O
2004	O
May	O
3	O
,	O
2005	O
October	O
12	O
,	O
2005	O
(	O
retail	O
)	O
/	O
July	O
5	O
,	O
2006	O
(	O
education	O
)	O
Identifier	O
ID	O
PowerMac4	O
,	O
4	O
PowerMac6	O
,	O
4	O
Model	O
A1002	O
(	O
EMC	O
1903	O
)	O
A1002	O
(	O
EMC	O
1955	O
)	O
A1002	O
(	O
EMC	O
None	O
)	O
Order	O
info	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
M8655	O
M8892	O
M9150	O
M8950	O
M9425	O
M9834	O
Display	B-Device
17-inch	O
(	O
16-inch	O
viewable	O
)	O
1280	O
x	O
960	O
flat	O
CRT	B-Device
Performance	O
Processor	B-General_Concept
PowerPC	B-General_Concept
7441	I-General_Concept
(	O
G4	O
)	O
PowerPC	O
7445	O
(	O
G4	O
)	O
PowerPC	O
7447A	O
(	O
G4	O
)	O
PowerPC	O
7447B	O
(	O
G4	O
)	O
Clock	O
speed	O
700	O
MHz	O
800	O
MHz	O
1.0	O
GHz	O
1.25	O
GHz	O
1.42	O
GHz	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
cache	I-General_Concept
64	O
KB	O
L1	O
,	O
256	O
KB	O
L2	O
(	O
1:1	O
)	O
64	O
KB	O
L1	O
,	O
512	O
KB	O
L2	O
on	O
chip	O
(	O
1:1	O
)	O
Front	B-Architecture
side	I-Architecture
bus	I-Architecture
100	O
MHz	O
133	O
MHz	O
167	O
MHz	O
Memory	B-Architecture
128	O
MB	O
PC133	O
SDRAM	O
256	O
MB	O
of	O
PC133	O
SDRAM	O
256	O
MB	O
333	O
MHz	O
PC2700	O
DDR	O
SDRAM	O
(	O
512	O
MB	O
for	O
1.42	O
GHz	O
SuperDrive	B-Device
model	O
)	O
Graphics	O
NVIDIA	O
GeForce	O
2	O
MX	O
with	O
32	O
MB	O
DDR	O
SDRAM	O
ATI	O
Radeon	O
7500	O
with	O
32	O
MB	O
DDR	O
SDRAM	O
ATI	O
Radeon	B-Device
9200	I-Device
with	O
32	O
MB	O
DDR	O
SDRAM	O
ATI	O
Radeon	B-Device
9600	I-Device
with	O
64	O
MB	O
DDR	O
SDRAM	O
AGP	B-Architecture
2x	O
AGP	B-Architecture
4x	O
Storage	O
Hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
40	O
GB	O
40	O
GB	O
,	O
60	O
GB	O
,	O
80	O
GB	O
40	O
GB	O
,	O
80	O
GB	O
40	O
GB	O
,	O
80	O
GB	O
,	O
120	O
GB	O
,	O
160	O
GB	O
Ultra	O
ATA/66	O
Ultra	O
ATA/100	O
Optical	O
drive	O
32x	O
CD-ROM	O
2X	O
SuperDrive	B-Device
(	O
DVD-RW	O
)	O
Combo	B-Device
Drive	I-Device
(	O
CD-RW/DVD	O
-ROM	O
)	O
standard	O
or	O
SuperDrive	B-Device
(	O
DVD-RW	O
)	O
Connections	O
Wireless	O
AirPort	O
802.11b	O
AirPort	B-Device
Extreme	I-Device
802.11b/g	O
Ethernet	O
10/100	O
BASE-T	O
Ethernet	O
Modem	O
56k	O
V.90	O
modem	O
56k	O
V.90	O
modem	O
(	O
optional	O
on	O
education	O
1.25	O
GHz	O
models	O
)	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
colspan	O
=	O
4	O
Optional	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
1.1	O
USB	B-Protocol
3x	O
USB	B-Protocol
1.1	O
3x	O
USB	B-Protocol
2.0	O
FireWire	B-Protocol
2x	O
FireWire	B-Protocol
400	O
Audio	O
Built-in	O
18-watt	O
stereo	O
speakers	O
Built-in	O
16-watt	O
stereo	O
speakers	O
Built-in	O
18-watt	O
stereo	O
speakers	O
Video	O
out	O
Mini-VGA	B-Protocol
at	O
up	O
to	O
1280x960	O
(	O
mirrored	O
mode	O
only	O
)	O
.Unofficially	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
altered	O
to	O
support	O
extended	O
display	B-Device
mode	O
in	O
models	O
with	O
ATI	O
graphics	O
using	O
a	O
tool	O
called	O
Screen	O
Spanning	O
Doctor	O
.	O
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