July 5, 2006: on this day, Apple is ending its line of eMac products with a cathode ray tube.
After more than a quarter of a century of using CRT monitors, the company transitioned to the superior LCD display technology that Macs are still based on today.
As for eMacs aimed at the education market, they were fast enough thanks to the PowerPC G4 processor, and they received several updates in their life, and the final version had a 1.42 GHz processor and a Radeon 9600 graphics chip.
Apple has been selling 12-inch CRT monitors since 1980. They were also part of the ill-fated Apple III business computer.
A New Era of LCD Displays
Under the direction of Apple’s chief designer, Robert Brunner, the company explored the possibility of using liquid crystal displays from 1989 to 1996, but a new era was ushered in only with the LCD for the iMac G4.
Although LCD monitors were more expensive, they had great advantages over CRT monitors. They had lower power consumption, greater brightness, and no flickering effects seen in CRT displays.
But the biggest benefit was that the new technology allowed Apple to create thinner displays for Macs. This made it possible for the computer industry to leave the era of “big beige boxes” that have been created since the 80s.
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