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The 1.8 GHz iMac G5 does not have an ambient light sensor or an iSight camera, but it heralds the end of the PowerPC Mac era all the same.

Specs

Model ID

PowerMac8,1

CPU

PowerPC G5 (3.0) @ 1.8 GHz

L2 Cache

512 KB

RAM

2x 1 GB PC3200U-30330 DDR SDRAM

Bus Speed

600 MHz

Boot ROM Version

5.2.2f4

Optical Drive

Reads and writes CDs and DVDs

FireWire

400

GPU

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

VRAM

64 MB

Resolution

1440x900

Storage

300 GB 10000 RPM Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS-60G6U2

Wi-Fi

AirPort Extreme

Clock Battery

Works

Quirks

• The bottom right corner of the case doesn't stay in all the way. It is possible to push it in slightly when the computer is assembled.
• Ejected CD-ROMs fall onto the floor.

History

• 2020-05-26: The computer arrives at my parents' place from an eBay seller.
• 2020-06-04: 📈 The RAM is upgraded to 2 GiB (0.25 -> 2).
• 2020-08-??: The computer is transported to my apartment.
• ????-??-??: 📈 The stock hard disk is replaced with a 300 GB one (80 -> 300).