Front of Apple iMac G4 Pro Speakers.
Apple iMac G4 Pro Speakers
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The iMac G4 is an all-in-one personal computer designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer Inc. from January 2002 to August 2004. It replaced the iMac G3 and was succeeded by the iMac G5.At launch in January 2002, the iMac G4 came in three flavors: a low-end model for US$1299 (US$1800 today) that included a 700MHz G4 PowerPC processor, 128MB RAM, a 40GB hard drive, and a CD-RW drive; a mid-range model for US$1499 (US$2100 today) that upped the RAM to 256 MB and included a CD-RW/DVD-ROM “Combo Drive”; and a high-end model for US$1799 (US$2500 today) that included an 800MHz G4 processor, 256MB RAM, a 60GB hard drive, and a CD-RW/DVD-R “Super Drive.”
The two top models also shipped with external Pro Speakers, and all models included a white keyboard and one-button optical Pro Mouse. Each model shipped with Mac OS X 10.1 and OS 9 included on the internal hard disk.
With the launch of the flat-panel iMac G4, Steve Jobs declared, “The CRT is officially dead.” But the transition had already been underway: less than a year earlier, in May 2001, Apple had phased out its last modular CRT display, the 17-inch Apple Studio Display. By early 2002, the original iMac G3 remained the only CRT-bearing Mac left in Apple’s inventory.