The
eMac, short for
education Mac, is a
Macintosh desktop computer made by
Apple Inc. It was originally aimed at the
education market, but was later made available as a cheaper
mass market alternative to Apple's
second-generation LCD display iMac G4. The eMac was pulled from retail on October 12, 2005 and was sold exclusively to educational institutions thereafter. It was discontinued by Apple on July 5, 2006 and replaced by a cheaper, low-end
iMac that, like the eMac, was originally sold exclusively to educational institutions.