The Old iMac G3

I found out the other day that my neighbour has an iMac G3, from 1999. They haven't used it for a decade, of course, because... well... I guess it just isn't worthwhile at this point. It got me curious though, so I checked out the specs:

333MHz 32-bit PowerPC processor.

32MB RAM as standard, up to 512 is possible.

Standard storage was a 6GB hard drive.

My old Asus EEE is much more powerful than that. Yet, as mentioned previously, one needs a lot more power for a computer to be useful today. I've seen many complain that the latest Raspberry Pi 4B is nowhere near living up to its promise of working as a desktop computer! And it has:

Quad Core 64-bit 1.5GHz ARM processor.

2, 4, or 8GB RAM.

Storage either on MicroSD or USB 3.0, size of your choice.

If you had the iMac G3 back in the day, would you like to share your experiences with it? What did you use it for, and was it adequate for it?

I'll take this opportunity to link to posts and articles about frugal computing, sustainable computing, permacomputing, and similar. Expect updates here as I find more.

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