Image Credit:  Apple Inc.

Image Credit:  Apple Inc.

Introduced: October 19, 2005 Terminated: August 7, 2006

• Parallel data structure supporting up to 215 simultaneous in-flight instructions
• Simultaneous issue of up to 10 out-of-order operations
• Dual-pipeline Velocity Engine for 128-bit single-instruction, multiple-data (SIMD) processing
• Two independent double-precision floating-point units
• Advanced three-component branch prediction logic

• Native support for 32-bit application code
• Point-to-point system controller

• Single 1.15 GHz 64-bit DDR bidirectional frontside bus

• 64K level 1 instructional cache, 32K level 1 data cache.

• Two open full-length four-lane PCI Express slots
• One open full-length eight-lane PCI Express slot
• PCI Express cards of any size supported in all slots
• AirPort Extreme/Bluetooth 2.0+EDR antenna slot
• PCI Express slots are not compatible with PCI or PCI-X expansion cards.

• Two 3.5-inch hard drive bays, each with a 150 MBps Serial ATA controller

Image Credit:  Apple Inc.

• 256 MB DIMMs (64-bit-wide, 512-Mbit)
• 512 MB DIMMs (64-bit-wide, 512-Mbit)
• 1 GB DIMMs (64-bit-wide, 512-Mbit or 1-Gbit)
• 2 GB DIMMs (64-bit-wide, 1-Gbit)
• ECC memory available in configurations with 1 GB or more (build-to-order option)

• Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames

• AirPort Extreme: Based on IEEE 802.11g standard and Wi-Fi Certified for 802.11g and 802.11b interoperability
• Bluetooth: Support for Enhanced Data Rate, or data rates up to 3 Mbps
• Integrated wireless antenna

• Front headphone minijack and speaker
• Optical digital audio input and output Toslink connectors
• Stereo analog line level input and line level output minijacks

• NVIDIA GeForce 6600 with 256 MB of GDDR SDRAM, one single-link DVI port, and one dual-link DVI port, installed in 16-lane PCI Express graphics slot
• Support for digital resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 pixels; dual-link DVI ports support up to 2560 x 1600 pixels
• Support for analog resolutions up to 2048 x 1536 pixels
• DVI to VGA Adapter included
• Dual-display support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes
• Support for up to two Apple flat-panel displays for each graphics card installed

• 16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW); writes DVD-R discs at up to 16x speed, writes DVD+R DL discs at up to 6x speed, reads DVDs at up to 16x speed, writes CD-R and CD-RW discs at up to 24x speed, reads CDs at up to 32x speed

• 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

Image Credit:  Apple Inc.

Comments
The model originally shipped with Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse, USB keyboard extension cable, DVI to VGA adapter; Mac OS X, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat AV, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iLife (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, and GarageBand), iCal, DVD Player, Classic environment, Art Director's Toolkit X, FileMaker Pro Trial, GraphicConverter, Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, QuickBooks New User Edition, Zinio Reader, Xcode Development Tools; 90 days of free telephone support and a one-year limited warranty.