Mac Systems: Apple: Power Macintosh G4

The Power Macintosh G4 features PowerPC 74xx (G4) processors in the wonderfully easy-to-upgrade case design introduced with the Power Macintosh G3 (Blue). The Power Macintosh G4 Cube features a unique, compact design that was not financially successful, but inspired the Mac mini series. Complete technical specifications are below.

The power of a Power Mac—a G4 processor, a vertical slot-loading optical drive, hard drive, RAM, video card, and an array of ports—was all packed into that tiny space. It had no speaker, though. Instead, in a quirk perhaps picked up from the integrated Bose sound system in the Twentieth Anniversary Mac, the Power Mac G4 Cube included a. Inside Your Power Mac—Your Computer’s Internal Expansion Options 18 QuickTime—Audio and Video on the Internet 20 Sherlock 2—Your Internet Search Detective 22 iMovie 2—Create and Edit Your Own Digital Movies 24 iTools—Free Internet Services for Mac Users 26 Auto Updating—Automatically Keep Your Mac on the Cutting Edge 28. Power Mac G4 Dual 1 GHz 72 Power Mac G4 933 MHz 51 Power Mac G4 800 MHz 26 Dell Dimension 8200 2-GHz Pentium 4 Baseline The Power Mac G4 with dual 1-GHz processors is 72 percent faster than PCs with a 2-GHz Pentium 4 processor in Photoshop tests of 9 commonly used operations. DVD Video Encoding Performance Percentage faster than System Pentium.

For answers to all your Power Macintosh G4 questions, please check out the Power Macintosh G4 Q&A and Power Macintosh G4 Cube Q&A.

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