Because the beige can take 768mb of RAM, while my iMac could only take 512 (don't have any 512mb sticks, so bleh to people who say it can take 1gb) the proc is faster (500mhz upgrade card in there right now, upclocked to 550) the hard drive is considerably larger (80gb vs 10) and I have no need for OSX, being a Linux man myself and mainly wanting this thing so I can use Photoshop.
Plus there's the additional reason of personal taste - I think the iMac looked entirely too much like a large blue, to be frank, boob. The beige appeals more to my tastes, though silver/black and boxier rather than curvy would be nice (I like the '80s styles; think Walkman)

If you hadn't noticed, I've done some considerable upgrades since yesterday. Tis a great machine now, seems much faster than the iMac, though that might be just because I'm not using OSX on it.

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in so far i know slot loading imacs can take 1 gig but they can be ..picky not as picky as the tray loaders but stil finnicky

the processor speed is a bit relative the fsb in slot loading imacs is 100 mhz in beige macs its either 66 or 83 mhz

cant argue the hard drive size i only took apart a (dead) tray loader and was unable to put humpty back together again slotloaders might be easier to get in to but i doubt they are friendly

i like to think of G3 imacs as eggs ..suspicious looking egss mind you

actually the only walkman i have is a yellow watertight sports walkman from 1990 (in perfect working order )

but i get what you mean from the sound fo it you'd like the look of the powermac G5

and i have noticed its bene upgraded so no need to be snarky on that point

in the end however its still a beige G3