Apple devices came with serial and parallel ports at that time, but with the launch of USB 1.1, Apple adopted the new USB standard, starting with the iMac G3.

What the iMac G3 had instead was a CD-ROM tray, which was later replaced with a slot loading one in late 1999 and USB ports, making it one of the first consumer computers to use the new USB standard.

Apple's original iMac, powered by a G3 processor, was announced on May 6, 1998. Priced at $1,299, It was an all-in-one computer that amazed the users with its iconic translucent Bondi Blue casing.

The USB Port on your computer comes in a variety of colors, ... starting with the iMac G3. After that, the USB protocol was widely adopted by the tech industry, ...

It also ditched technologies like serial ports and floppy disk readers in favor of CD and USB. ... The iconic iMac G3 was announced by Steve Jobs almost 26 years ago, on May 6, 1998.

Two remarkable things appear in a recent Michael MJD video. One is an iMac G3 from 1999 that responds to not just touchscreen taps and drags, but also touch pressure. The other is a sticker on the ...

Beige, boring, and a bit too complicated — in the 1990s, personal computers had about as much charisma as an underwhelming date. Enter the iMac G3: the weird, egg-shaped desktop that became an ...

But the iMac G3 was arguably the first fashionable computer, becoming a late ’90s and Y2K staple, with around 6.5 million units sold before it was retired in 2003.