At this writing (January 2010), an iMac G3 can be obtained for anywhere between $25 and $100 USD via Craigslist in any given U.S. city.
Depends on what is wrong with it.
Seriously does it really matter what it cost in 2009? I would guess it was not much cheaper than it is now.
The first iMac was made in 1998.
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First of all the iMac is not a laptop it is a desktop computer. The cheapest brand new iMac desktop will cost you $1,299. A Macbook Pro laptop sells for $1,199. The cheapest laptop is the Macbook Air which sells for $999. A refurbished iMac or Macbook Pro will sell for around $1,000 and a refurbished Macbook Air will sell for around $850. All these prices are in the U.S. from the Apple Store.
The very first iMac was built in 1998.
The iMac was first released in August of 1998.
To add an additional 1GB to an iMac to give it 2GB of RAM should not cost more than £15 (US $20). The Intel based iMacs are very easy to upgrade via the access door on the bottom. (See links below)
1998
Apple ventured into the creations of computers before Ipod's, so i would say that the Imac came first.
1998 was the year the very first iMac was sold.
The first on was introduced in 1998.