Power Mac G4 (FW 800)
Codename: "P58"
Introduced: January 2003
Discontinued: June 2003
Processor: PowerPC 7455 v3.2 or 3.3 (G4)
Processor Speed: 1.0, dual 1.25, or dual 1.42 GHz
Cache: 64k L1, 256k L2, 1 MB or 2 MB DDR L3
Data Path: 128 bit (CPU) 64 bit (Bus)
System Bus: 133 MHz (1.0 GHz) or 167 MHz (dual 1.25 GHz+)
Hard Drive Size: 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 (SuperDrive)
Weight and Dimensions: 42 lbs, 17" H x 8.9 W" x 18.4 D"
Original Mac OS: Mac OS X 10.2.3
Maximum Mac OS: Latest release of Mac OS X
Machine ID: PowerMac3,6
Motherboard RAM: 0 MB
Maximum RAM: 2.0 GB
Number of Sockets: 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: n/a
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX, GeForce4 Ti, ATI Radeon 9000 Pro, or Radeon 9700 Pro
Video Memory: 64 MB (GeForce4 MX), 64 MB (Radeon 9000), 128 MB (GeForce4 Ti), or 128 MB (Radeon 9700)
Built-in Display: None
Display Connection: ADC and DVI (dual display capable)
Slots: 4 - 64-bit 33 MHz PCI, 1 - 4x AGP
Hard Drive Bus: 1 - Ultra ATA/66, 1 - ATA/100 (48-bit LBA)
Expansion Bays: 4 - internal 3.5" ATA drive bays (2 - ATA/100, 2 - ATA/66), 2 - optical drive bays
Modem: 56k v92
Airport: Optional AirPort Extreme card
Bluetooth: Optional internal Bluetooth 1.1 module
PRAM: 3.6V Lithium
Power: 338 W
ADB: None
Serial: None
SCSI: Optional via PCI
USB: 2 - 12 MBit/s
FireWire: 2 - 400 MBit/s, 1 - 800 MBit/s
Ethernet: 10/100/1000BaseT
Sound In: 16 bit Stereo via mini-jack
Sound Out: 2 - 24-bit stereo audio out jacks, 1 - Apple Pro Speaker mini-jack
History: Introduced in January 2003, The PowerMac G4 (FireWire 800) was primarily a speed bump of the G4 MDD line, although it did include several architecture enhancements. The most exciting new features were the inclusion of a single FireWire 800 port, internal support for the Bluetooth wireless standard, and support for the AirPort Extreme wireless networking. AirPort Extreme was the Apple moniker for the 802.11g standard, which supported speeds of up to 54 Mbps and was backward compatible with existing 802.11b/AirPort devices. The PowerMac G4 (FW800) also represented the fastest and least expensive line of Power Macs Apple had ever introduced.

