Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver) - Technical Specifications

Processor

• 733- or 867-MHz PowerPC G4 processor; or dual 800-MHz PowerPC G4 processors
• Velocity Engine vector processing unit
• Full 128-bit internal memory data paths
• Powerful floating-point unit supporting single-cycle, double-precision calculations
• Data stream prefetching operations supporting four simultaneous 32-bit data streams
• 256K on-chip L2 cache running at processor speed
• 2MB backside L3 cache running at one-fourth the processor speed (867-MHz and dual 800-MHz systems)
• 133-MHz system bus supporting over 1-GBps data throughput

Memory

• 128MB or 256MB of PC133 SDRAM
• Three DIMM slots supporting up to 1.5GB of PC133 SDRAM using the following¹: 
  —128MB or 256MB DIMMs (64-bit-wide, 128-Mbit technology) 
  —512MB DIMMs (64-bit-wide, 256-Mbit technology)

Storage

• One of the following hard disk drives⁶: 
  —40GB 5400-rpm Ultra ATA/66 
  —60GB 7200-rpm Ultra ATA/66 
  —80GB 7200-rpm Ultra ATA/66
• One of the following optical drives: 
  —CD-RW drive (writes CD-R discs at 12x, writes CD-RW discs at 10x, reads CDs at 32x) 
  —SuperDrive (combination DVD-R/CD-RW drive; writes DVD-R discs at 2x, reads DVDs at 4x, writes CD-R discs at 8x, writes CD-RW discs at 4x, reads CDs at 24x) 
  —Combination DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive (build-to-order option; reads DVDs at 8x, writes CD-R discs at 8x, writes CD-RW discs at 8x, reads CDs at 32x)
• Three 3.5-inch hard 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)

Graphics support

• One of the following graphics cards, installed in a dedicated AGP 4X graphics slot: 
  —NVIDIA GeForce2 MX graphics card with 32MB of SDRAM 
  —NVIDIA GeForce2 MX graphics card with TwinView and 64MB of SDRAM for dual display support⁵ 
  —NVIDIA GeForce3 graphics card with 64MB of Double Data Rate (DDR) RAM (build-to-order option)
• Support for up to 1920-by-1200-pixel resolution at 32 bits per pixel (millions of colors)
• Apple Display Connector (ADC)
• 15-pin VGA connector

Expansion

• Four full-length 64-bit, 33-MHz PCI slots
• One AGP 4X slot with graphics card installed
• Two 400-Mbps FireWire ports (15W total power)⁷
• Two USB ports (12 Mbps each; 24 Mbps total)

Communications

• 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet connector (RJ-45)
• Built-in 56K V.90 modem card⁸
• Optional 11-Mbps AirPort Card; IEEE 802.11 DSSS compliant⁹
• Optional AirPort Base Station containing 56K modem and 10BASE-T Ethernet port⁹

Audio

• Built-in speaker
• 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

Keyboard and mouse

• Apple Pro Keyboard
• Apple Pro Mouse

Electrical requirements and agency approvals

• Line voltage: 115V AC (90V to 132V AC) or 230V AC (180V to 264V AC)
• Frequency: 47 to 63 Hz, single phase
• Maximum continuous power: 360W
• Meets ENERGY STAR requirements

Environmental requirements

• Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C)
• Storage temperature: –40° to 116° F (–40° to 47° C)
• Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
• Maximum altitude: 10,000 feet

Size and weight

• Height: 17.0 inches (43.2 cm)
• Width: 8.9 inches (22.6 cm)
• Depth: 18.4 inches (46.7 cm)
• Weight: 31 pounds (14.1 kg)¹⁰