{"id":353,"date":"2021-09-24T19:39:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T18:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/?p=353"},"modified":"2024-10-02T18:10:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T17:10:22","slug":"apple-imac-g3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/?p=353","title":{"rendered":"Apple iMac G3: The All-in-One That Changed Personal Computing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Apple iMac G3 was a revolutionary all-in-one computer that helped Apple regain its footing in the tech industry. Known for its colorful, translucent casing and user-friendly design, the iMac G3 was a bold departure from traditional computers of the era. With its internet-ready features and innovative design, it became an iconic machine for both casual users and tech enthusiasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hardware Specifications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Processor<\/strong>: PowerPC G3 running at 233 MHz (later models up to 700 MHz)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Graphics<\/strong>: ATI Rage IIc with 2 MB of VRAM (later models with up to 16 MB VRAM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Memory<\/strong>: 32 MB of RAM (expandable to 128 MB, later models up to 1 GB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Storage<\/strong>: 4 GB IDE hard drive (later models with up to 60 GB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Display<\/strong>: 15-inch CRT display with a resolution of 1024&#215;768 pixels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connectivity<\/strong>: Two USB 1.1 ports, 10\/100Base-T Ethernet, and a 56k modem<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Optical Drive<\/strong>: 24x CD-ROM drive (later models included CD-RW and DVD-ROM options)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Operating System<\/strong>: Mac OS 8.1 (upgradable to Mac OS X)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Original Release Date:<\/strong> August 1998<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discontinued:<\/strong> 2003<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cost (New in 1998):<\/strong> \u00a3999<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cost (In 2024 Price):<\/strong> \u00a31850<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Modifications I have performed:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>None<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cost to me for computer \u00a30.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have original keyboard and mouse for computer and also a Teac USB floppy drive and 4 port USB hub in same design as computer casing<\/p>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Apple iMac G3 was a revolutionary all-in-one computer that helped Apple regain its footing in the tech industry. Known for its colorful, translucent casing and user-friendly design, the iMac G3 was a bold departure from traditional computers of the era. With its internet-ready features and innovative design, it became an iconic machine for both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1990s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=353"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1082,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions\/1082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksvintagecomputers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}