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The 400 and 450 MHz versions had 100 MB Zip drives as standard equipment, and as an option on the 350 MHz Sawtooth. The machines featured DVD-ROM drives as standard. The PCI variant was discontinued at the end of 1999.

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The higher-speed models, code name 'Sawtooth', used a greatly modified motherboard design with AGP 2x graphics (replacing the 66 MHz PCI slot). The early 400 MHz (later 350 MHz) PCI-based version used a motherboard identical to the one used in Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White) computers including the use of Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) processors sockets (minus the ADB port), in a 'graphite' colored case and with the new Motorola PowerPC 7400 (G4) CPU. In response, Apple reduced the clock speed of the processor in each configuration by 50 MHz (making the options 350 MHz, 400 MHz and 450 MHz), which caused some controversy because they did not lower the original prices accordingly. This is due to the color scheme of the case, which officially debuted with the Power Mac G4 (predating the graphite iMac DV Special Edition by 2 months).Īpple originally planned to ship the 500 MHz configuration in October 1999, but they were forced to postpone this because of poor yield of the CPUs. Colloquially, this first generation of Power Mac G4 is referred to as 'Graphite'. There were two variants, officially titled Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) with 400, 450, and 500 MHz configurations available, and Power Mac G4 (PCI Graphics), with 350 MHz and 400 MHz configurations. The original Power Mac G4 was introduced at the Seybold conference in San Francisco on August 31, 1999. The code name was Mystic.Rear view of a 'Graphite' Power Mac G4, showing the available ports

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These models also introduced Apple's proprietary Apple Display Connector video port.Īpple's marketing name for this series is the Power Mac Gigabit Ethernet.

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The dual 500 MHz models featured DVD-RAM and Zip drives were optional on all models. Most people saw this revision as a stopgap release, because higher clocked G4s were not available the G4’s Motorola XPC107 “Grackle” PCI/Memory controller prevented the G4 from hitting speeds higher than 500 MHz. It was also the first personal computer to include gigabit ethernet as standard. The design was updated at the Macworld Expo New York on 19 July 2000 the new revision included dual-processor 450 MHz and 500 MHz versions, and a low-end single CPU 400 MHz model. The code name Sawtooth was used internally before release and became the popular designation among enthusiasts. DVD-RAM and Zip drives featured on these later 450 MHz and 500 MHz versions and were an option on the 400Mhz.Īpple's marketing name for all these early AGP models is Power Mac AGP Graphics.

The 500 MHz version was reintroduced on 16 February 2000, accompanied by 400 MHz and 450 MHz models. The AGP Power Macs were the first to include an AirPort slot and DVI video port.

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This series had a 100 MHz system bus and four PC100 SDRAM slots for up to 2 GiB of RAM (1.5 GiB under Mac OS 9). The 400 MHz and 450 MHz versions had 100 MB Zip drives as standard equipment, and as an option on the 350 MHz Sawtooth. In December 1999, the entire Power Mac G4 line was updated to the AGP motherboard. The higher-speed models, code name Sawtooth, used a greatly modified motherboard design with AGP 2x graphics (replacing the 66 MHz PCI slot). The early 400 MHz (later 350 MHz) PCI-based version used a motherboard identical to the one used in Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White) computers (minus the ADB port), in a 'graphite' colored case and with the new Motorola PowerPC 7400 (G4) CPU.

In response, Apple “speed dumped” the processor speed in each configuration by 50 MHz but caused some controversy by not decreasing the price of the machines. In October 1999, Apple was forced to postpone the 500 MHz due to poor yield of the 500 MHz chips. The original Apple Power Mac G4 was introduced at the Seybold conference in San Francisco on 31 August 1999, with 400 MHz, 450 MHz and 500 MHz configurations available.

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