Apple’s Power Mac G3 Blue and White edition is 25 years old today. Here’s how it changed Apple -- and the entire computing world -- in a truly big way.
When you look back down the list of the best Mac s of all time, the i Mac G3 from 1998 garners a lot of praise for putting Apple back on the map, and rightly so. But there’s another Mac from that period that often gets overlooked — and today it celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Recommended Videos What was all the fuss about? Well, let’s start with its outward appearance. The clue is in the name: While past Power Mac models used a boring beige tower aesthetic, the Power Mac G3 borrowed from the iMac and mixed things up with a blue-and-white design that was instantly recognizable. It was creative, distinctive and desirable — not things normally associated with computers in those days, and especially not with pro-grade machines.
This computer wasn’t just about external appearances — it had a bunch of brilliant features on the inside too. The 450 version of the Power Mac G3 was a significant upgrade over its 1997 predecessor in terms of components, too. It had faster chips offering clock speeds of up to 450Mhz , faster memory, and a faster motherboard, showing that an attractive design didn’t have to mean sacrificing performance. Notably, the Blue and White edition was also the first Mac to ship with FireWire. This boasted 400 Mbps transfer speeds, which at the time was a superfast connection for hooking up your peripherals.
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