Owner's manual

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Technology Overview
Power Mac G5
Confi gurations and Options
Standard Confi gurations
Apple o∂ ers Power Mac G5 systems to meet the needs of professionals, media
producers, designers, educators, scientists, and researchers. The following standard
confi gurations are available through the Apple Store and Apple Authorized Resellers.
Power Mac G5 Dual Power Mac G5 Dual Power Mac G5 Quad
Order number M9590LL/A M9591LL/A M9592LL/A
Processor Dual-core 2GHz Dual-core 2.3GHz Two dual-core 2.5GHz
PowerPC G5 PowerPC G5 PowerPC G5
L2 cache 1MB per core 1MB per core 1MB per core
Frontside bus 1GHz 1.15GHz 1.25GHz per processor
Main memory 512MB of 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-4200); supports up to 16GB
Standard graphics NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE NVIDIA GeForce 6600 with 256MB of GDDR SDRAM,
with 128MB of GDDR SDRAM, one single-link DVI port, and one dual-link DVI port
one single-link DVI port, and
one dual-link DVI port
Optional graphics NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT with 256MB of GDDR3 SDRAM, one single-link DVI port,
and one dual-link DVI port; or NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 with 512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM,
two dual-link DVI ports, and one stereo 3D port (occupies 16-lane PCI Express slot
and adjacent PCI Express slot)
Hard drive 160GB 7200-rpm 250GB 7200-rpm
250GB 7200-rpm
Serial ATA
2
Serial ATA
2
Serial ATA
2
Optical drive 16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
PCI Express expansion Three open PCI Express expansion slots: two four-lane slots and one eight-lane slot
Ports and bays One FireWire 800 port, two FireWire 400 ports (one on front), four USB 2.0 ports
(one on front), two USB 1.1 ports (on keyboard), two internal hard drive bays
(one occupied)
Audio Optical digital audio input, optical digital audio output, analog audio input, analog
audio output, front headphone minijack and speaker
Networking Dual Gigabit Ethernet ports; optional AirPort Extreme
3
and Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR;
optional external Apple USB Modem
Software Mac OS X, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat AV, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iLife
(includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, and GarageBand), iCal, DVD Player, Classic
environment, Art Directors Toolkit X, FileMaker Pro Trial, GraphicConverter, Microsoft
O∑ ce 2004 for Mac Test Drive, OmniGraπ e, OmniOutliner, QuickBooks New User
Edition, Zinio Reader, Xcode Development Tools
Service and support 90 days of toll-free telephone support and one-year limited warranty
Also included Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse, USB keyboard extension cable, DVI to VGA adapter