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# iMac (Early 2001)

Essentials

Family: iMac/eMac

Codename: ?

Gestalt ID: 406

Minimum OS: 9.1

Maximum OS: 10.4.11

Introduced: February 2001

Terminated: July 2001

Processor

CPU: PowerPC 750 "G3"

CPU Speed: 400/500 MHz

FPU: integrated

Bus Speed: 100 MHz

Register Width: 32-bit

Data Bus Width: 64-bit

Address Bus Width: 32-bit

Level 1 Cache: 32 kB data, 32 kB instruction

Level 2 Cache: 512 kB backside, 1:2

ROM: 1 MB ROM + 3 MB toolbox ROM loaded into RAM

RAM Type: PC100

Minimum RAM Speed: 100 MHz

Onboard RAM: 0 MB

RAM slots: 2

Maximum RAM: 1 GB

Video

Monitor: 15"

GPU: ATI RAGE 128 Ultra

VRAM: 16 MB SGRAM

Max Resolution: 1024x768

Video Out: VGA (mirror only)

Storage

Hard Drive: 10/20 GB

ATA Bus: ATA-66

Optical Drive: 24x CD-ROM

Input/Output

USB: 2

Firewire: 2

Audio Out: stereo 16 bit mini

Audio In: stereo 16 bit mini

Speaker: Harman Kardon Odissey

Microphone: mono

Networking

Modem: 56 kbps

Ethernet: 10/100Base-T

Wi-Fi: optional 802.11b

Miscellaneous

Power: 150 Watts

Dimensions: 15" H x 15" W x 17.1" D

Weight: 40 lbs.

Notes

The 500 MHz model used the 16 MB 128-bit ATI RAGE 128 Ultra graphics chipset, a 24x/8x/4x CD-RW drive, and a PowerPC 750cx processor, which included 256 kB of on-chip level 2 cache.

Announced in February 2001, this revision of the iMac finally brought FireWire to Apple's entire product line, in addition to a dramatic change in the iMac "colors". Apple chose to get rid of Sage and Ruby in favor of "Blue Dalmatian" and "Flower Power", two new patterns that were molded into the case using a technique which took Apple 18 months to perfect.

The higher-end model iMac got a CD-RW drive, an improved (and faster) PPC 750cx processor, which featured an on-chip 1:1 L2 cache, and a speedy new graphics chip (the 750cx and new graphics chip were initially only available on non-North American models.). It featured a 500 MHz processor, 64 MB of RAM, a 20 GB hard drive and a 56 kbps modem, was available in Indigo, Blue Dalmatian or Flower Power, and was priced at $1199.

The low-end iMac was essentially a renamed iMac DV (Summer 2000), with the price cut to $899. It had a 400 MHz processor, 64 MB of RAM, a 10 GB hard drive and a 56 kbps modem, and was available only in Indigo.

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