Before Apple started using Intel processors in their iMacs they used a Power PC processor. The G3 was the third generation of these processors. It was followed by the G4 and G5. The G3 iMac was discontinued in 2003 and is not powerful enough to run today's software although it would suffice for basic email, text editing type work.
An iMac G3 would be an affordable platform to learn PowerPC-specific assembly programming. However, it is not a good choice for developing programs for Mac OS X programs.
The original iMac was actually 'Bondi blue' in color (Blueberry came later, and was slightly different). It featured a 233MHz PowerPC G3 processor.
The iMac G3 was introduced in 1998.
G3 is an old powerpc processor from 1997. Compared to processors these days a g3 is obsolete.
The iMac G3 was introduced in 1998.
No, an iMac G3 is an all-in-one computer.
No, iMac G3's were discontinued before SATA was introduced
The iMac G3 memory slots take PC100 SDRAM.
The iMac G3 was released in 1998.
The original iMac personal computer was the iMac G3. This model was released in 1998 and discontinued in 2003. One can purchase a used iMac G3 on eBay or Amazon.
The 266 Mhz iMac G3 came with 32 MB of PC100 SDRAM, and supports a maximum of 512 MB. The Beige G3s came with 32 MB of RAM and support a maximum of 768 MB of PC66 or higher SDRAM.
Johnathan Ives