{"id":254002,"date":"2023-10-15T16:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=309959"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:58:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:58:04","slug":"imac-touch-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/imac-touch-video\/","title":{"rendered":"An iMac with a touchscreen appears in a video, but from 1999"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Speculations about the existence of Mac computers with touchscreen displays are nothing new. Although it might sound like science fiction to many, in 1999, a company called Elo manufactured and marketed touchscreen versions of the iMac G3<\/strong> through Apple’s Value Added Reseller program, primarily intended for use as kiosk machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Recently, YouTuber Michael MJD managed to acquire one of these devices, thus uncovering a little-known chapter in Apple’s history. These “desktop kiosks” were equipped with Elo’s iTouch interface<\/strong>, an innovative system for the time that used surface acoustic waves instead of a traditional coating to detect the exact touch point on the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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