iMac 21.5 (Late 2011) vs iMac G3 (Early 1999)

iMac 21.5 (Late 2011) $999
iMac G3 (Early 1999) $1,199
Base Price (MSRP)
$999
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,199
CPU
Core i3-2100
CPU
PowerPC 750 266MHz
GPU
Radeon HD 6750M Mac MXM
GPU
Rage Pro
Memory
2GB
Memory
32MB
Storage
250GB
Storage
4GB
Display
21.5" LCD IPS 1920x1080 -
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Core i3-2100
2 Cores
4 Threads
3.1GHz Clock
PowerPC 750 266MHz
1 Core
1 Thread
0.266GHz Clock
GB6S 465
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GB6M 940
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N/A
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Radeon HD 6750M Mac MXM
480 Shaders
598MHz
256MB GDDR5
50.8GB/s Bandwidth
Rage Pro
1 Shader
75MHz
6MB SGRAM
0.6GB/s Bandwidth
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FP32 0.57 TFLOPS
1%
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2GB
DDR3-1333
32MB
SDR-66
Unknown # Tabs
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Unknown # Tabs
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250GB
3.5"
SATA 3
7200RPM
4GB
3.5"
PATA
5400RPM
430 min 4K Video
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Unknown # min 4K Video
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8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
24x CD-ROM
Tray Loading
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LCD IPS
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CRT
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60Hz
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1920x1080
2.1 Million Pixels
102 PPI
1024x768
0.8 Million Pixels
93 PPI
LED Backlight
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Apple Wireless Keyboard
Apple USB Keyboard
Magic Mouse
Apple USB Mouse
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No Biometrics
No Biometrics
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2
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No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 300Mbps
No Wi-Fi
No Bluetooth
No Bluetooth
56K Modem
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Audio
2x Audio Jack
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Audio
2x Audio Jack
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Card
1x SDXC Card
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205W
80W
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Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Windows
Mac OS 8.5 Allegro
macOS 10.13 High Sierra (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Plastic
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Height
451 mm (17.8 in)
Width
528 mm (20.8 in)
Depth
188 mm (7.4 in)
Volume
44.89 L
Height
401 mm (15.8 in)
Width
386 mm (15.2 in)
Depth
447 mm (17.6 in)
Volume
69.27 L
Weight
9.299 kg (20.5 lb)
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18.144 kg (40 lb)
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CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
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4x SO-DIMM
Memory Slots
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A1311
EMC 2496
iMac12,1
M4984
iMac,1
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