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Introduced: June 23, 2003
Terminated: June 9, 2004


Logic Board
Processor:   Dual PowerPC 7455 (G4)
  • Velocity Engine vector processing unit
  • Powerful floating-point unit supporting single-cycle, double-precision calculations
Processor Speed:   1.25 GHz
Processor Upgrade:   G4 Daughtercard
PMMU:   Integrated
FPU:   Integrated
Bus Speed:   167 MHz
  • 167-MHz system bus supporting over 1.3-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 1.25 GHz per processor
L3 cache:   2 MB DDR SRAM per processor

Expansion Slots:
  • Four open full-length 64-bit, 33MHz PCI slots
  • One AGP 4X slot with graphics card installed
Four 3.5-inch hard drive expansion bays:
  • One ATA drive preinstalled on standard configurations
  • Support for up to four internal ATA drives (two Ultra ATA/100 and two Ultra ATA/66)
  • Support for up to four internal SCSI drives (requires PCI SCSI card, sold separately)
  • Support for a combination of internal ATA and SCSI drives (total of four)
Battery:   3.6V Lithium

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Memory
RAM Type:   PC2700 (333MHz) DDR SDRAM
RAM Slots:   4
Min - Max RAM:   512 MB - 2 GB
Minimum RAM Speed:   8 ns
Install in groups of:   1

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

Ports
ADB:   none
USB:   2 x 12-Mbps
FireWire:   2 x 400-Mbps
Video:   ADC and DVI connectors; DVI to VGA adapter included
Floppy:   none
SCSI:   PCI card (optional)
Modem:   Built-in 56K V.90 modem
Ethernet:   10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet connector (RJ-45)

AirPort Ready:
  • Built-in antennas and card slot for optional 11-Mbps AirPort Card; IEEE 802.11b compliant
Audio:
  • Built-in speaker
  • Apple speaker minijack for connection to optional Apple Pro Speakers
  • Front headphone jack
  • Stereo audio line in and line out minijacks

Graphics Support
Standard:   ATI Radeon 9000 Pro with 64 MB of DDR SDRAM
  • Support for digital resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 pixels and analog resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 pixels
  • Dual display support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes
  • Support for up to two Apple displays
  • Optional NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti graphics card with 128 MB of DDR SDRAM (build-to-order option)

Storage
Optical Drive:
  • SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW); writes DVD-R discs at 2x speed, reads DVDs at 6x speed, writes CD-R discs at 8x speed, writes CD-RW discs at 4x speed, reads CDs at 24x speed
  • Optional Combo drive in second optical drive bay
Internal Hard Drive:   120 GB Ultra ATA/100 (7200 rpm)

Built-to-order Hard Drive Options Include:
  • 36 GB Ultra160 SCSI (10K rpm)
  • 72 GB Ultra160 SCSI (10K rpm)
Floppy Disk Drive:   none

Note:
  • Optional Ultra SCSI PCI card, Ultra160 SCSI PCI card, Bluetooth adapter, DVD-R Media Kit

Operating System
Addressing Modes:   32-bit
Original OS:   X v10.2, 9.2.2

Compatible MacOS:
X v10.2 (Jaguar), 9.2.2 (Classic)
X v10.3 (Panther)
X v10.4 (Tiger)
X v10.5 (Leopard)

Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard) requires:
  • Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
  • 512 MB of memory
  • 9 GB of available disk space
  • Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply
  • Some features require Apple's MobileMe (.Mac) service; fees apply

For additional information on operating systems:
See this article

Miscellaneous
Order No.:   M8689LL/A
Codename:   P57
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:   $1299 US

Comments
This model originally shipped with Apple Pro Keyboard, Apple Pro Mouse, DVI to VGA adapter, modem cable; Mac OS X, Mac OS 9, QuickTime, iChat, iMovie, iPhoto, iTunes, iDVD (requires SuperDrive), DVD Player, Mac OS X Mail, Microsoft Internet Explorer, EarthLink (includes 30 days of free service), Acrobat Reader, Art Director's Toolkit, FAXstf, FileMaker Pro Trial, Graphic Converter, OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, PixelNhance, Snapz Pro, Developer Tools; 90 days of free telephone support and one-year limited warranty.