 | Introduced: January 28, 2002 Terminated: August 13, 2002 |
Logic Board
Processor: PowerPC 7455 (G4)
- Velocity Engine vector processing unit
- Powerful floating-point unit supporting single-cycle, double-precision calculations
Processor Speed: 933 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 933 MHz
L3 cache (DDR SDRAM): 2 MB with 3.7-GBps throughput
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
Battery: 3.6V Lithium
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:
- 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: ADC and VGA connectors
Floppy: none
SCSI: PCI card (optional)
Modem: Built-in 56K V.90 modem
Ethernet: 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet connector (RJ-45)
AirPort Ready:
- Ready for wireless networking: 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 Apple Pro Speakers
- Optional Apple Pro Speakers
- Headphone/line out minijack
- Support for external third-party USB digital audio peripherals such as microphones, speakers, and MIDI devices
Graphics Support
Standard: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX with 64 MB of DDR SDRAM
- NVIDIA GeForce4 MX graphics card with 64 MB of DDR SDRAM and ADC and VGA connectors
- Supports digital and analog resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 pixels
- Dual display support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes
- Optional NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti graphics card with 128 MB of DDR SDRAM and ADC and DVI connectors (build-to-order option); supports digital and analog resolutions up to 2048 x 1536 pixels
Storage
Optical Drive:
- SuperDrive (combination DVD-R/CD-RW drive; 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)
Internal Hard Drive: 60 GB 7200-rpm Ultra ATA
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 Zip 250 drive, Ultra SCSI PCI card, Ultra160 SCSI PCI card
Operating System
Addressing Modes: 32-bit
Original OS: X v10.1, 9.2
Compatible MacOS:
X v10.1 (Puma), 9.2 (Classic)
X v10.2 (Jaguar)
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
Miscellaneous
Order No.: M8666LL/A
Codename: Nichrome
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: $2299 US