History: The PowerMac G3 knocked the 9600/300 out of the fastest-mac-on-the-planet mark by nearly 10% (at 266MHz). The G3 minitower was one of the first Apple-branded Mac to ship with the PowerPC 750 (G3) processor. In March 1998, Apple added a 300 MHz option on all built-to-order machines, as well as a dual-SCSI configuration, with RAID software, and an optional DVD-ROM drive. A 3rd-party solution was required for MPEG-2 video playback.)