| Joshua Coventry, LowEndMac.com |
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It was a commercial success. Only six weeks after the unveiling, Apple received more than 140,000 advance orders.
The iBook and iMac dramatically helped Apple climb back to fame, doubling Apple's market share at the time to 11.2%. For the fiscal year 1999, Apple reported revenues of $6.1 billion.
Joshua Coventry, LowEndMac.com |
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| Having left in 1985, Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 and unleashed his corporate son, Ive. Apple's software was in a mess and its market share almost invisible. So Jobs went for taste, and Ive produced a series of extraordinary, wildly postmodern machines. With their translucent, candy-coloured plastics and, in the case of the desktops, large, inviting handles, they had an almost overpowering tactile quality. Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times |
