Designed in California

iMac 500MHz CD-RW (Summer 2001)

July 18, 2001 — January 7, 2002

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Specifications

General

Price $999 at introduction
Order No. M8582LL/A - Indigo
M8490LL/A - Snow
Introduced July 18, 2001
Retired January 7, 2002

Computer

Processor 500MHz PowerPC G3
Frontside Bus 100MHz 60x
Cache 256KB on-chip L2 cache
Memory 128MB PC100 SDRAM
Memory Slots Two DIMM slots
Hard Drive 20GB 3.5" Ultra ATA/33 hard drive
Optical Drive Compact slot-loading CD-RW

Graphics and Sound

Graphics ATI Rage 128 Ultra with 16MB SDRAM on a 2x AGP bus
Monitor Ports VGA port
Mirroring only
TV In/Out No
Audio In/Out 3.5mm audio input
3.5mm audio output and 2 headphone sockets
Speakers Built-in stereo speakers
Microphone Built-in microphone

Connectivity

USB Two independent USB 1.1 ports
FireWire 400 Two
Ethernet 10/100BASE-T ethernet port (MDI)
Modem 56K v.90 modem
AirPort AirPort ready

Display

Type 15.0-inch CRT (13.8 inches visible)
Resolution 1024x768 pixels
Pixel density 93 dpi

Physical

Size (w x d x h) 15 x 17.1 x 15 inches
Weight 34.7 lb

Tags

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