iMacintosh en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of iMac + Macintosh, owing to the former being erroneously assumed to be, like Mac, a shortening. By surface analysis, i- + Macintosh.
Meanings
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(nonstandard, rare) Synonym of iMac.
Recent Apple price changes now make the iMacintosh less expensive than an equivalent IIgs.
1987, David H. Wyatt, “Computer hardward and language teaching”, in System, volume 15, number 2, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Pergamon Journals, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 221–224:The PsyScope software (Cohen et al., 1993) was used to run the experiment on an iMacintosh.
2013 July 16, Patrick Bonin, Alain Méot, Séverine Millotte, Christopher Barry, “Individual differences in adult handwritten spelling-to-dictation”, in Frontiers in Psychology, volume 4, Lausanne, Vaud: Frontiers Research Network, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 2:I'd beg to differ that the price of an iMacintosh would not be considered "cheap". There is no machine on the market with this high of quality monitor, bundled software, incredible speed, which takes up very little desktop space... It's a true gem in the marketplace.
1998 November 1, Gennica Hamilton, “New and Improved iMacs, but the Price???”, in comp.sys.mac.advocacy (Usenet), archived from the original on 28 Jul 2025: