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Slot Loading iMac (Oct. 1999)

code name: Kihei

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With the October 1999 release of the first slot-loading iMacs, Apple moved to a new hardware architecture and a slightly smaller, lighter form factor.

Code named Kihei, the colored portion of the new iMacs was made of transparent plastic, and the design had no cooling fan, which made for quieter running. Apple also phased out matching color keyboards and mice; from this point forward, Apple keyboards and mice would come in white or black, not multiple colors.

The new hardware architecture included a 100 MHz system bus (vs. 66 MHz in earlier iMacs), support for up to 1 GB of RAM (vs. 256 MB), and a faster ATA bus for the hard drive and optical drive. (Maximum IDE drive size is 128 GB without third-party support. See How big a hard drive can I put in my iMac, eMac, or Power Mac? for your options.)

The first generation slot-loaders had ATI Rage 128 video with 8 MB of dedicated video memory and a VGA port for mirroring what was on the internal screen to an external display or projector.

These were the first iMacs with FireWire support (but not on all models), and they also had two separate USB controllers. AirPort is supported, but it requires a special adapter card to hold the AirPort card in place. These iMacs require Mac OS 8.6 or later.

There were three versions of the Oct. 1999 iMac:

iMaciMac 350

The 350 MHz blueberry iMac was the runt of the litter. It had 64 MB of RAM, a 6 GB hard drive, and a 24x CD-ROM. This was one of two slot-loading iMac that didn't include FireWire support. It retailed for US$999.

iMac DV

The next step up was the 400 MHz iMac DV, which had a 10 GB hard drive and a 4x DVD-ROM drive. It includes two FireWire ports and was available in blueberry, strawberry, grape, tangerine, and lime. It sold for US$1,299 - the same price as the original 1998 iMac.

iMac DV SE

At the top of the heap was the 400 MHz iMac DV SE, which had a 13 GB hard drive, 128 MB of RAM, and came in graphite. It retailed at US$1,499.

These iMacs were replaced by 350-500 MHz ones in July 2000.

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