| Quick Facts | 17-inch iMac G4 |
|---|---|
| Introduced | July 17, 2002 |
| Discontinued | February 4, 2003 |
| Part Number | M8812LL/A |
| Processor | 800MHz PowerPC G4 |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB |
| Frontside Bus | 100 MHz |
| Memory | 256MB 133MHz SDRAM |
| Hard drive | 80GB Ultra ATA, 5400 rpm |
| Optical drive | 2X SuperDrive |
| Original Price | $1,999 USD |
17-inch Flat Panel | 800MHz
Like the three 15-inch iMacs that introduced the revolutionary new iMac design six months earlier, the 17-inch Flat Panel was the same work of art.
In addition to the roomy 17-inch widescreen display, the hard drive increased to 80GB and the graphics now sported a NVIDIA GeForce4 MX with 32MB of DDR SDRAM. A tray loading SuperDrive and Apple Pro Speakers came standard.
Like its earlier siblings, this model also came with the two 400Mbps FireWire ports, three USB 1.1 ports, a mini-VGA output port, built-in modem and Ethernet, and was AirPort ready.
system software
Installed OS: Mac OS X v10.1.5 “Puma” and v9.2.2
Serial numbers of xx303xxxxxx or later start only in Mac OS X
etymology
[1] iMac: From Internet + Mac
[2] The “i” in iMac originally stood for Internet but eventually developed into a marketing symbol for a wide range of Apple products.
design
Photo credit: Apple
