Apple Macintosh Server G3 | TechMuseum
Year of manufacture: 1997-1999
Technical Specifications:
- Processor: PowerPC G3, 300 MHz
- RAM: 256 MB
- FDD: Floppy disk 3″ (1.44 MB )
- HDD: 4.3 GB
- Audio: Speaker
- Connectors/Ports: Ethernet, two serial, Apple desktop bus for mouse and keyboard, external hard disk, modem, parallel, audio, microphone, video
- Case: Tower type
- Monitor: Color
- OS: Mac OS 10.2.8.
The Apple Macintosh Server G3 features a PowerPC G3 processor at 300 MHz and memory of 256MB. Equipped with a floppy disk of 3.5” at 1.44MB it runs with the operating system of the MacOS 10.2.8 version.
The Apple Power Macintosh series is a family of personal computers from the core of the Macintosh brand line, replacing the Quadra series. This line with recurring releases between 1994 and 2006 featured a different architecture and a transition from Motorola processor to the PowerPC one.
Apple introduced to the world the original Macintosh personal computer series through a SuperBowl commercial video, called “1984”. During the years the company has made great innovations and the Mac series had undergone transitions. Regarding the processors from the powerful Motorola 68000 transitioned to IBM ProwerPC processors, to Intel x86 and now to Apple Silicon ones. Performance and power efficiency have been praised by the critics.
The name Macintosh was conceived after, what else, founder’s favorite type of apple, literally the Canadian McIntosh red green apple. Each model introduced to consumers presented friendlier user experience, top of the art aesthetic design and powerful architecture.
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