Adam Kos The new 24" iMac with the M1 chip has been officially distributed to the general public since last Friday. However, with its wide range of colors and presentation by Apple itself, it clearly refers to the first iMac, which was equipped with a G3 chip and was introduced back in 1998 by Steve Jobs himself. Podcaster and iMac historian Stephen Hackett has now released a new video comparing the orange M1 iMac to the original "tangerine" iMac. For those of you who don't know Stephen, he is most likely one of the biggest fans of this all-in-one computer. In 2016, he launched a project whose goal was to collect all 13 iMac G3 colors ever available. He was ultimately successful in his mission. In addition, he then donated the entire series to The Henry Forward Museum.
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Before the iMac, computers were beige and ugly. Until Apple gave them colors and its iMac was more like a stylish addition to the home or office than a computing tool. The first was only blue (Bondi Blue), a year later came the variant red (Strawberry), light blue (Blueberry), green (Lime), purple (Grape) and orange (Tangerine). Later, more and more colors were added, as well as their combinations, among which there were also quite controversial variants, such as the one with a floral pattern.
Of course, the current iMac trumps the original in all respects, almost. Apple called the orange color "Tangerine", literally like tangerine. If you watch Stephen Hackett's video, he simply states that the new orange is simply not the tangerine.
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It's quite impressive to see all the differences between these two machines, separated by 23 years and both of which arguably herald the beginnings of a new era for the Mac. For your interest, you can also compare the hardware parameters of both machines below.
24" iMac (2021) vs. iMac G3 (1998)
Actual Diagonal 23,5" × 15" CRT display
8-core M1 chip, 7-core GPU × 233MHz PowerPC 750 processor, ATI Rage IIc graphics
8 GB of unified memory × 32 MB RAM
256GB SSD × 4GB EIDE HDD
Two Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports (optionally 2× USB 3 ports) × 2 USB ports
Nic × CD-ROM drive
