The iMac G3 is the first iMac released on August 15 1998. The iMac is an All-In-One design, just like the very first Macintosh. The iMac G3 had a very unique design compared to the competitors bland “beige” coloured computers. The outer shell was made of translucent plastic in “Bondi Blue” colour. that was surrounded by a 15-inch CRT monitor. The ports, CD-ROM drive and speakers were also within the case. The iMac G3 was sold in 12 other colours.

The iMac G3 was a “Legacy-Free” PC. Abandoning all peripheral ports and offering USB ports as standard. The 3.5 inch floppy diskette drive has been dropped. The keyboard and mouse were designed to be uniform with the iMac. The keyboard has black keys enclosed in translucent plastic and the mouse was a round “hockey puck” design that featured the colour of the computer.



The standard hardware featured in the first iMac G3 was a 233 MHz PowerPC processor, 32MB memory, 4GB Hard Drive, ATI Rage IIc 2MB Graphics, 24X tray-loading CD-ROM drive and MAC OS 8 operating system.

iMac G3 in Indigo, Ruby & Sage Color

There have been several updates of the iMac G3, some main updates were: 13 total colours, faster processors, larger capacity hard drives and FireWire. The iMac G3 was discontinued on March 18, 2003.