iMac G3

Sold from 1998 to 2003, the iMac G3 was Apple's first major product release after the return of Steve Jobs.

The iMac was designed as an inexpensive consumer-oriented personal computer that could easily connect to the Internet. The G3 abandoned classic features such as the floppy disk drive and serial ports for a CD-ROM drive and a couple of USB ports.

The computer was released in August 1988 for $1,299
It was originally available in 6 colors (Bondi Blue, Grape, Tangerine, Blueberry, Lime, and Strawberry).

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iMAC G3 AT A GLANCE

The initial version of the iMac featured:

15¨ cathode-ray tube display
G3 PowerPC processor running at 233 MHz with 512 KB L2 cache running at 116.6 MHz
32 MB RAM
2 MB Video RAM (ATI Rage graphics)
4 GB hard drive (Quantum Fireball)
24X tray-loading CD-ROM drive
2X USB ports
Built-in networking
Built-in stereo speakers
MacOS 8.1 which was soon upgraded to Mac OS 8.5
Dimensions 401 x 386 x 447 mm (Weight: 18.14 kg)

Colors & Graphic Modes

Standard Configuration

15-inch (38 cm) CRT screen
Early models, 2MB Video RAM (ATI Rage graphics)
Later models, 6 MB of SGRAM ATI Rage Pro Turbo
640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768 resolution
Millions of colors

iMac G3 Manuals and Installation CDs...

Sound Capabilities

Built-in stereo speakers
Headphones and Audio In/out

I/O Ports

2 USB 1.1 ports
56k Modem, built-in 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet
Microphone
Audio line-in and line-out on the front, plus headphone port on the right
2× FireWire (some models only)
VGA out on the back (later models only)

1st and 2nd Generation iMac Models

First-generation iMacs

iMac Model	iMac 233 MHz	iMac 233 MHz	iMac 266 MHz	iMac 333 MHz
□ COLORS	Bondi Blue		Grape Tangerine Blueberry Lime, and Strawberry
□ RELEASED	August 15, 1998	October 26, 1998	January 5, 1999	April 15, 1999
□ CPU	233 MHz G3 32 KB L1 Cache 512 KB L2 cache		266 MHz G3 32 KB L1 Cache 512 KB L2 cache	333 MHz G3 32 KB L1 Cache 512 KB L2 cache
□ MEMORY	32 MB–256 MB PC100
□ GRAPHICS	ATI Rage IIc 2 MB of SGRAM	ATI Rage Pro Turbo 6 MB of SGRAM
□ HD DRIVE	4 GB		6 GB
□ OPTICAL DRIVE	24X tray-loading CD-ROM drive
□ MACOS VERSION	Mac OS 8.1 / Mac OS 8.5		Mac OS 8.5.1

Second-generation iMacs

iMac Model	iMac (Slot Loading)	iMac (Summer 2000)	iMac (Early 2001)	iMac (Summer 2001)
□ RELEASED	October 5, 1999	July 19, 2000	February 22, 2001	July 18, 2001
□ COLORS	Grape Blueberry Tangerine Lime Strawberry Graphite	Indigo Ruby Sage Graphite Snow	Indigo Graphite, Blue Dalmatian Flower Power	Indigo Graphite Snow
□ CPU	350 or 400 MHz G3 512 KB of L2 Cache	350, 400, 450, or 500 MHz G3 512 KB of L2 Cache	400, 500, or 600 MHz G3 512 KB or 256 KB of L2 Cache	500, 600, or 700 MHz G3 256 KB of L2 Cache
□ MEMORY	64 MB–512 MB	64 MB–1 GB	64 MB–1 GB	128 MB–1 GB
□ GRAPHICS	8 MB ATI Rage 128	8 MB ATI Rage 128 Pro	8 MB ATI Rage 128 Pro 16 MB ATI Rage 128 Ultra	16 MB ATI Rage 128 Ultra
□ HD DRIVE	6 GB 10 GB 13 GB	7 GB 10 GB 20 GB 30 GB	10 GB 20 GB 40 GB	20 GB 40 GB 60 GB
□ OPTICAL DRIVE	CD-ROM DVD-ROM CD-RW
□ MACOS VERSION	Mac OS 8.6	Mac OS 9.0.4	Mac OS 9.1	Mac OS 9.1 Mac OS X 10.0.4

(source: Wikipedia)

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