iMac G3: Any thoughts or reviews?

[iMacface]

I Need help about buying an G3 iMac. Anybody got any thoughts? Or Suggestions?

 

[iShater]

Don't get one unless you are a collector.

Why are you considering it?

 

[grue]

You'd be better off asking here:

https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/91/

But for my opinion? It'd be dog slow and while not useless, it wouldn't be far from it.

 

[zmttoxics]

Free? Might be worth upgrading the ram and putting on Jaguar or Panther. My girlfriends 1.25GHz G4 eMac was free.

 

[California]

iMac G3s, unlike the eMacs, are veritable tanks.

Workhorses. I like them. Get a cheap slot load, put in a new faster hard drive and max up the ram, you can run Tiger better than you'd think.

I just talked to someone today, as matter of fact, who has an eight year old iMac G3, she says it is still great and her main computer.

I know about seven people with them still running fine.

 

[brop52]

iMac G3s, unlike the eMacs, are veritable tanks.

Workhorses. I like them. Get a cheap slot load, put in a new faster hard drive and max up the ram, you can run Tiger better than you'd think.

I just talked to someone today, as matter of fact, who has an eight year old iMac G3, she says it is still great and her main computer.

I know about seven people with them still running fine.

I did as you said. A new HDD and RAM will make Tiger run much better on the G3. My mom uses it now for her business. (Though she will probably need a new comp soon).

 

[millar876]

I have an iMac G3 466mhz with maximum 1GB RAM and a 60GB HDD running panther. It's not a speed machine by any stretch but it's a good reliable workhorse I use mine for web browsing and as a recipie database. It lives in the kitchen

 

[jodelli]

I have a 400Mhz G3 I still use. It has iPhoto and iTunes both in use with 10.3.9, 512 ram and a 40g HDD. It does the internet fairly well too.

Don't pay too much if any for one though, they are slow.