IMac G3
iMac G3 Bondi Blue
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| Developer | Apple Computer |
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| Manufacturer | Apple |
| Product family | iMac |
| Type | Desktop computer |
| Release date | August 15, 1998 |
| Retail availability | 1998–2003 |
| Discontinued | March 18, 2003 |
| Media | 24x CD-ROM 4x DVD-ROM (DV models) |
| Operating system | Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X |
| CPU | 233 MHz - 700 MHz PowerPC 750 G3 |
| Memory | 32 - 512 MB (1GB unofficially) (PC100 SDRAM) |
| Storage | Up to 128 GB (5400-rpm ATA-3) |
| Display | 15-inch shadow-mask CRT screen (up to 1024 x 768 pixel resolution) |
| Graphics | Up to ATI Rage 128 Ultra with 16 MB of SDRAM |
| Sound | 2x Harman Kardon speakers |
| Input | 2x USB 1.1 2x Headphone mini-jacks Analog audio input mini-jack |
| Connectivity | 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet 56k V.90 modem Optional 11 Mbit/s AirPort 802.11b (adapter required) |
| Platform | Desktop |
| Predecessor | Power Macintosh G3 AIO |
| Successor | iMac G4 (2002) |
| Related articles | eMac |
| Website | apple.com |
| Developer | Apple Computer |
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| Type | Desktop |
| Release date | August 15, 1998 |
| Operating system | Mac OS 8.1, up to Mac OS X 10.3.9 |
| CPU | PowerPC 750 (G3), 233 – 333 MHz |
The iMac G3 in Snow color was the last model available before it was discontinued.
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| Developer | Apple Computer |
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| Release date | October 5, 1999 |
| Operating system | Mac OS 8.6, up to Mac OS X 10.4.11 |
| CPU | PowerPC G3, 350–700MHz |
The iMac G3 is a line of personal computers developed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer from 1998 to 2003. Noted for its innovative design via the use of translucent and brightly colored plastics, it was the first consumer-facing Apple product to debut under the recently returned interim CEO Steve Jobs. It was updated over time with new hardware and colors, until being supplanted by the iMac G4 and eMac in 2002.
The iMac G3, among other factors, was responsible for Apple's turnaround from financial ruin in the late 1990s and revitalized the Apple brand as design-oriented and simple. It was, nevertheless, criticized for abandoning then-current technological standards like the floppy drive and the Apple Desktop Bus connector in favor of the emerging USB standard.
Steve Jobs reduced the company's large product lines immediately upon becoming Apple's interim CEO in 1997. Toward the end of the year, Apple trimmed its line of desktop Macs down to the beige Power Macintosh G3 series, which included the iMac's immediate predecessor, the Power Macintosh G3 All In One, which featured nearly identical specifications and was sold only to the educational market. Having discontinued the consumer-targeted Performa series, Apple needed a replacement for the Performa's price point. The company announced the iMac on May 6, 1998 and began shipping the iMac G3 on August 15, 1998.
Internally, the iMac was a combination of the MacNC project and Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP). Although the promise of CHRP has never been fully realized, the work that Apple had done on CHRP significantly helped in the designing of the iMac. The original iMac used a PowerPC G3 (PowerPC 750) processor, which also ran in Apple's high-end Power Macintosh line at the time, though at higher speeds. It sold for US$1,299, and shipped with Mac OS 8.1, which was soon upgraded to Mac OS 8.5.
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