when was this mac first released

[englishpremier]

I'm using an Imac with a mighty PPC 466MHZ G4 processor.

Can anyone tell me when this model was first released? i'm sure its time for an upgrade.

 

[Maccy]

Jump onto apple-history.com and it looks like the year 2000 if you scroll down - http://www.apple-history.com/?page=gallery&model=dvplus&performa=off&sort=date&order=ASC&range=