The iMac was not particularly underpowered. Could it have used more RAM or hard drive? Sure.
But the CPU, as others here have said, was pretty solid. It could run top of the line games at the time like Quake 3.
And one thing I don’t read much about for these original iMacs is how nice the screen was. It was a CRT, but it had a nice anti-glare coating and could have the resolution increased to 1024x768 which wasn’t typical for a 15” screen at the time.
So the feature set was very nice… ignoring the hockey puck mouse!
And one thing I don’t read much about for these original iMacs is how nice the screen was. It was a CRT, but it had a nice anti-glare coating and could have the resolution increased to 1024x768 which wasn’t typical for a 15” screen at the time.
So the feature set was very nice… ignoring the hockey puck mouse!