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iMac G3 Special Edition

Pete — Wed, 18 Jul 2001 20:41:48 +0000

The Summer 2001 editions of the iMac G3 would be the last in a long line of CRT based models. They would soon be replaced by the floating LCD design iMac models.

This model was a small step up from the special edition featured 5 months earlier. The G3 Processor was now up to a rapid 700Mhz. The hard drive space was increased by another 20GB to a total of 60GB.

As ever, this model was airport ready and featured VGA and FireWire ports.

This special edition was available in Graphite or Snow.

iMac G3

Pete — Wed, 18 Jul 2001 15:19:19 +0000

iMac G3 Special Edition

Pete — Thu, 22 Feb 2001 20:38:37 +0000

Running at 600Mhz, this special edition version of the iMac G3 was the high end model of the series. For an extra 300 bucks you got an extra 100Mhz on the processor, up from 500 to 600. You also received 128MB of RAM and a doubled up hard drive capacity of 40GB.

The Graphics chip received an upgrade to an ATI Rage 128 ULTRA with 16MB of SDRAM.

Two funky new colors were made available with the release of the special edition iMac G3. Blue Dalmatian and Flower Power. The ever popular Graphite version was still available.

iMac G3 DV Slot Loading Special Edition

Pete — Wed, 19 Jul 2000 20:36:53 +0000

Yet another small increase to 500Mhz and hard drive capacity to 30gb.

Memory bus speeds remained at 100Mhz as with previous models but the memory was upgraded to 128mb. 1GB memory upgrades were possible with this model.

Special edition versions were wireless ready with airport cards and included the same VGA and FireWire ports as in their predecessor.

iMac G3 DV+

Pete — Wed, 19 Jul 2000 20:32:27 +0000

Another small increase in processor speed to 450MHz came about in this model. The hard drive maximum capacity was also increased to 20gb.

This model was Wireless ready with its airport card and also included a VGA port for mirrored VGA output.

As with previous models it was available in several colors. These included Indigo, Ruby and Sage.

Special Edition models were available in Graphite or Snow.

iMac G3 DV Slot Loading

Pete — Wed, 19 Jul 2000 20:30:49 +0000

The low end 350MHz model was only available in Indigo and lacked a FireWire port, VGA port, wireless and a DVD drive.

This model featured a new Apple Pro Keyboard, Apple Pro Mouse and upgraded ATI Rage Pro 128 graphics.

This range also introduced non-fruit colors for the first time.

iMac G3 Slot Loading

Pete — Wed, 19 Jul 2000 20:18:10 +0000

iMac G3 DV Slot Loading Special Edition

Pete — Tue, 05 Oct 1999 20:14:59 +0000

The iMac G3 DV Slot Loading came in Graphite and had various upgrades including a DVD-Rom, FireWire support, faster processor, increased bus speed and an ATI Rage 128 VR graphics card.

The DV models featured wireless networking (with a built in antenna).

This model of iMac had no internal fan and would depend on convection cooling.

iMac G3 DV Slot Loading

Pete — Tue, 05 Oct 1999 20:14:10 +0000

The iMac G3 DV Slot loading was the follow up to the Revision D model, it featured an upgraded processors, a DVD-Rom, FireWire port and came in Blueberry, Strawberry, Grape, Tangerine, Lime or Graphite (special edition mode).

The DV models featured wireless networking (with a built in antenna).

This model of iMac had no internal fan and would depend on convection cooling.

iMac G3 Slot Loading

Pete — Tue, 05 Oct 1999 20:12:09 +0000

The big new feature of this iMac model was the introduction of a slot loading drive (that would come as standard on later iMac models).

A processor upgrade to 350MHz was available on the Blueberry model.

iMac G3 Rev D

Pete — Wed, 14 Apr 1999 20:06:37 +0000

Revision D was released four months after Revision C and added a processor speed upgrade from 266MHz to 333MHz.

iMac G3 Rev C

Pete — Tue, 05 Jan 1999 20:00:58 +0000

Revision C came in five new colors – Blueberry, Strawberry, Grape, Tangerine and lime and featured a processor speed upgrade from 233MHz to 266MHz.

With cost saving factors from the manufacturing process Apple were able to knock $100 off the price tag.

iMac G3 Bondi Blue Rev A

Pete — Sat, 15 Aug 1998 18:30:21 +0000

On May 6, 1998 Steve Jobs introduced the very first iMac to a packed audience at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California.

The iMac (or Internet Macintosh at the time) was described as the “Internet age computer for the rest of us” – an easy way for the average user to get online.

Designed by Brit Jonathan Ive (who later designed the iPod) it was an all in one machine with a Bondi Blue translucent enclosure.

The iMac was the first computer that solely relied on the use of USB as their primary input/output ports.