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Introduced: January 9, 2001
Terminated: July 18, 2001


Logic Board
Processor:   PowerPC 7450 (G4)
  • Velocity Engine vector processing unit
  • Powerful floating-point unit supporting single-cycle, double-precision calculations
Processor Speed:   667 MHz
Processor Upgrade:   G4 Daughtercard
PMMU:   Integrated
FPU:   Integrated
Bus Speed:   133 MHz
  • 133-MHz system bus supporting over 1-GBps data throughput
Data Path:   128-bit
  • Data stream prefetching operations supporting four simultaneous 32-bit data streams
ROM Size:   1 MB (NewWorld - Boot ROM is around 1 MB, other instructions loaded in RAM)
Level 1 Cache:   64K
On-chip Cache:   256K L2 at 733 MHz
Backside Cache:   1 MB L3 at 183 MHz

Expansion Slots:
  • Four full-length 64-bit, 33-MHz PCI slots
  • One AGP 4X slot with graphics card installed
Three 3.5-inch hard disk drive expansion bays:
  • One ATA drive preinstalled on standard configurations
  • Support for up to two internal ATA drives
  • Support for up to three internal SCSI drives
  • Support for a combination of internal SCSI and ATA drives (up to one ATA and two SCSI)
Battery:   3.6V Lithium

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Memory
RAM Type:   PC133 SDRAM (Noninterleaved, 168-pin, 64-bit-wide, 8 ns, 3.3v)
RAM Slots:   3
Min - Max RAM:   256 MB - 1.5 GB
Minimum RAM Speed:   8 ns
Install in groups of:   1

RAM Sizes:
  • 32 MB, 64 MB, or 128 MB DIMMs (64-bit-wide, 64-Mbit technology)
  • 128 MB or 256 MB DIMMs (64-bit-wide, 128-Mbit technology)
  • 512 MB DIMMs (64-bit-wide, 256-Mbit technology)
Onboard RAM:   none

Ports
ADB:   none
USB:   2 x 12-Mbps
FireWire:   2 x 400-Mbps
Video:   15-pin mini D-Sub VGA connector
Floppy:   none
SCSI:   PCI card (optional)
Modem:   Built-in 56K V.90 modem card
Ethernet:   10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet connector (RJ-45)

AirPort Ready:
  • Optional 11-Mbps AirPort Card; IEEE 802.11 DSSS compliant
  • Optional AirPort Base Station containing 56K modem and 10BASE-T Ethernet port
Audio:
  • Apple speaker minijack (16 bit) for connection to Apple Pro Speakers
  • Headphone jack (16 bit)
  • Optional Apple Pro Speakers
  • Support for external third-party USB digital audio peripherals such as microphones, speakers, and MIDI devices

Video
Standard:   NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with 32 MB of SDRAM
  • NVIDIA GeForce2 MX graphics card with 32 MB of SDRAM graphics memory installed in a dedicated AGP 4X graphics slot
  • Optional ATI RADEON graphics card with 32 MB of Double Data Rate (DDR) RAM
  • Optional NVIDIA GeForce3 graphics card with 64 MB of DDR RAM
  • Support for up to 1920 x 1200 pixel resolution at 32 bits per pixel (millions of colors)
  • Apple Display Connector (ADC)
  • 15-pin mini D-Sub VGA connector

Storage
Optical Drive:
  • CD-RW drive (writes CD-R at 8x, writes CD-RW at 4x, reads CD at 32x)
Internal Hard Drive:   60 GB 7200-rpm Ultra ATA/66

Built-to-order Hard Drive Options Include:
  • 36 GB Ultra160 SCSI (10K rpm)*
  • 72 GB Ultra160 SCSI (10K rpm)*
  • *SoftRAID included with purchase of multiple Ultra160 SCSI hard disk drives.
Floppy Disk Drive:   none

Note:
  • Optional Zip 250 drive

Operating System
Addressing Modes:   32-bit
Original OS:   9.1

Compatible MacOS:
9.1
9.2
9.2.2
X v10.1 (Puma)
X v10.2 (Jaguar)
X v10.3 (Panther)
X v10.4 (Tiger)

Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger) requires:
  • Built-in FireWire
  • At least 256 MB of RAM
  • DVD drive (DVD-ROM), Combo (CD-RW/DVD-ROM) or SuperDrive (DVD-R) for installation
  • At least 3 GB of free disk space; 4 GB if you install the XCode 2 Developer Tools

For additional information on operating systems:
See this article

Miscellaneous
Codename:   Clockwork
Form Factor:   Power Mac G3 (Blue & White)
Dimensions (Inches):   17.0 H x 8.9 W x 18.4 D
Average Weight (lbs):   30
Gestalt ID:   406
Original Price:   $2799 US

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