{"id":23153,"date":"2026-01-09T18:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?page_id=23153"},"modified":"2026-06-19T14:39:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:39:27","slug":"vin191","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/vintage-computing\/item\/vin191\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple iMac G3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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the Apple iMac G3 (introduced in 1998) is notable for re-establishing Apple\u2019s relevance by combining a consumer-friendly all-in-one design with bold, translucent industrial aesthetics that deliberately made the computer a visible cultural object rather than hidden office equipment. Its claim to fame was abandoning legacy technologies (like the floppy drive and serial ports) in favor of USB, signaling a decisive shift toward modern peripheral standards and accelerating their widespread adoption across the industry. Commercially, the iMac G3 was extremely popular, selling millions of units and becoming one of the best-selling personal computers of its era, making it a pivotal artifact for illustrating how design, usability, and standardization reshaped public engagement with computing at the turn of the millennium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n