iMac G3

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The iMac G3 is Apple’s iconic late-1990s all-in-one desktop computer, known for its colorful translucent design and role in revitalizing the company’s consumer product line.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Bondi blue (original iMac G3) 1
PowerPC G3 iMac 1

Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf all-in-one desktop computer
personal computer
announcedOn 1998-05-06
brand Apple Inc.
surface form: Apple
category 1990s computer
Apple hardware product
colorVariant Blue Dalmatian
Blueberry
Bondi Blue
Flower Power
Grape
Graphite
Indigo
Lime
Ruby
Sage
Snow
Strawberry
Tangerine
connectivity 56k modem
Ethernet
USB 1.1 ports
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
cpuArchitecture PowerPC
cpuFamily PowerPC G3
designer Apple Industrial Design Group
Jonathan Ive
surface form: Jony Ive
discontinued 2003-03
expandableRam up to 1 GB
formFactor all-in-one
graphics ATI Rage series
surface form: ATI Rage 128

ATI Rage series
surface form: ATI Rage Pro

ATI Rage series
initialCpuClockSpeed 233 MHz
initialHardDriveCapacity 4 GB
initialRam 32 MB
inputDevices Apple USB keyboard
Apple Desktop Bus Mouse
surface form: Apple USB mouse
integratedDisplaySize 15-inch
integratedDisplayType CRT
introducedTechnology popularized USB on consumer Macs
laterCpuClockSpeeds 266 MHz
333 MHz
350 MHz
400 MHz
450 MHz
500 MHz
600 MHz
700 MHz
manufacturer Apple Inc.
marketingSlogan Chic. Not geek.
Sorry, no beige.
marketPosition consumer desktop
memoryType SDRAM
mouseNickname hockey puck mouse
notableFeature USB-only peripheral ports
all-in-one design with integrated CRT display
elimination of legacy ports such as ADB and serial
no built-in floppy disk drive
translucent colored plastic enclosure
notableImpact helped revitalize Apple in the late 1990s
operatingSystem Mac OS 8
surface form: Mac OS 8.1
opticalDriveOptions CD-ROM drive
CD-RW drive
DVD-ROM drive
predecessor Power Macintosh 5200 series
surface form: Power Macintosh 5xxx series
productLine iMac
releaseDate 1998-08-15
series first-generation iMac
storageType IDE hard drive
successor iMac G4
supportedOperatingSystem Mac OS 9
Mac OS X 10.0
Mac OS X 10.1 Puma
surface form: Mac OS X 10.1

Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
surface form: Mac OS X 10.3
wirelessOption AirPort
surface form: AirPort (Wi‑Fi) on later models

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: PowerPC G3 iMac
Jonathan Ive designed iMac G3
iMac firstModelName iMac G3
iMac notableColorScheme iMac G3
this entity surface form: Bondi blue (original iMac G3)
PowerPC usedIn iMac G3