Power Mac G4 (FW 800)

Introduced: January 2003
Terminated: June 2003

Description

The Power Mac G4 (FW 800) was built on the Power Mac G4 Mirrored Drive Doors line.  It was housed in the same case and was available in three configurations.  The 1Ghz configuration had a 60Gb hard drive, 256Mb of RAM and a CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive.  The dual 1.25Ghz configuration had an 80Gb hard drive, 256Mb of RAM and a SuperDrive.  The dual 1.42Ghz configuration had a 120Gb hard drive, 512Mb of RAM and a SuperDrive.

History

In addition to the speed increases over its predecessor, the Power Mac G4 (FW 800) offered several new features.  There was a new FireWire 800 port and it supported Bluetooth wireless.  It also supported AirPort Extreme (802.11g).  Though less expandable than previous models, these were the fastest Power Macs ever made.

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Specifications

Processor: PowerPC 7455 v3.2 or 3.3 (G4)
Number of Cores: 1
Processor Speed: 1.0, dual 1.25, or dual 1.42 GHz
Benchmarks: 1.0 GHz: 551, dual 1.25 GHz: 1048, dual 1.42 GHz: 1159
Cache: 64 KB L1, 256 KB L2, 1 MB or 2 MB DDR L3
System Bus: 133 MHz (1.0 GHz) or 167 MHz (dual 1.25 GHz+)
Hard Drive: 60, 80, or 120 GB 7200-rpm
Media: 12x/32x/10x/32x DVD/CD-RW or 4x/8x/16x/8x/32x DVD-R/CD-RW (4x SuperDrive)
Peripherals: Apple Pro Keyboard, Apple Pro Mouse
Weight and Dimensions (US): 42 lbs., 17” H x 8.9” W x 18.4” D
Weight and Dimensions (Metric): 19.1 kg, 43.2 cm H x 22.6 cm x 46.7 cm D
Original Mac OS: Mac OS X 10.2.3 (6H58)
Later Mac OS: Mac OS X 10.2.4 or 10.2.6
Maximum Mac OS: Latest release of Mac OS X
Hardware Test: AHT (Power Mac) 2.0.1
Firmware: Open Firmware
Firmware Update: None
Logicboard RAM: None
Maximum RAM: 2.0 GB
Type of RAM Slots: 4 - PC2100 (1.0 GHz), or 4 - PC2700 (dual 1.25 GHz+) 2.5v, unbuffered, 8-byte, nonparity 184-pin DDR SDRAM
Minimum RAM Speed:—
Interleaving Support: No
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX, GeForce4 Ti, ATI Radeon 9000 Pro, or Radeon 9700 Pro
ATI Card Model: ATY,RV250 (9000 Pro), ATY,R300 (9700 Pro)
Graphics Memory: 64 MB (GeForce4 MX), 64 MB (Radeon 9000), 128 MB (GeForce4 Ti), or 128 MB (Radeon 9700)
Built-in Display: None
Display Modes: Dual display extended and video mirroring
Display Connection: 1 - DVI, 1- ADC
Expansion Slots: 4 - 64-bit 33 MHz PCI, 1 - 4x AGP
Expansion Bays: 4 - internal 3.5” ATA drive bays (2 - ATA/100, 2 - ATA/66), 2 - optical drive bays
Hard Drive Bus: 1 - Ultra ATA/66 (ATA-5), 1 - ATA/100 (ATA-6)
Large Drive Support: Yes (128 GB or larger per drive)
Optical Drive Bus: EIDE (ATA-3)
Backup Battery: 3.6 V 850 mAh Lithium (922-4028)
Max Watts: 360 W
Line Voltage: 100–125V AC or 200–240V AC
Liquid Cooling: None
AirPort: Optional AirPort Extreme card (802.11b/g)
Bluetooth: Optional Bluetooth 1.1
Ethernet: 10/100/1000BASE-T (RJ-45)
Modem: 56k v92
ADB: None
Serial: None
SCSI: None
USB: 2 - 12 MBit/s
FireWire: 2 - 400 MBit/s, 1 - 800 MBit/s (15W total power)
Audio In: 1 - 3.5-mm analog input jack (16-bit 44.1 kHz sample rate)
Audio Out: 2 - 3.5-mm analog output jacks, 1 - 2.5-mm Apple Pro Speaker minijack, Built-in speaker (16-bit 44.1 kHz sample rate)

Timeline

Introduced in January 2003, the PowerMac G4 was discontinued in June 2003.

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