apple-history.com / iMac (Slot Loading)

apple-history / iMac (Slot Loading)
Follow @apple_history
Tweet

# iMac (Slot Loading)

Essentials

Family: iMac/eMac

Codename: Kihei

Gestalt ID: 406

Minimum OS: 8.5.1

Maximum OS: 10.3.9

Introduced: October 1999

Terminated: July 2000

Processor

CPU: PowerPC 750 "G3"

CPU Speed: 350 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 VR

VRAM: 8 MB SGRAM

Max Resolution: 1024x768

Storage

Hard Drive: 6 GB

ATA Bus: ATA-33

Optical Drive: 24x CD-ROM

Input/Output

USB: 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.

Announced in October 1999, The iMac (Slot Loading) was the low end of a new "good, better, best" iMac product strategy from Apple. The iMac SL built on the success of the rev. D iMacs, adding a faster processor, more RAM (64 MB base), a better graphics sub-system, an improved speaker system, and a slot-loading CD-ROM drive. With all these new features, the iMac SL was still $200 cheaper than predecessor. At $999, the blueberry-only iMac SL was the cheapest Apple-branded machine in many years.

Picture Credits:
Apple, Inc.