Apple's 1st iMac was launched on August 15
Technology multinational Apple's first iMac desktop, iMac G3, was launched 18 years ago on August 15, 1998. The primary use of the computer, as Steve Jobs said during the launch, was to "get on the internet simply and fast." Priced at $1,299, iMac G3 had 32 MB Memory, and 4 GB disk space.