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Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors)

M8570 · Tower era

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Identifiers

Order number

M8570

Reference

Original price	$1,699 – $3,299
Announced	2002-08-13
Discontinued	2003-06-23
Max supported OS	Mac OS X 10.5.8
Design era	Tower era

Configurations

Colors	Silver / graphite
CPU	Dual PowerPC G4 @ 867 MHz, Dual PowerPC G4 @ 1.0 GHz, Dual PowerPC G4 @ 1.25 GHz, Dual PowerPC G4 @ 1.42 GHz
Memory	256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB
Storage	80 GB IDE HDD, 120 GB IDE HDD, SSD (IDE adapter)
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX (32 MB), ATI Radeon 9000 Pro (64 MB), ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (128 MB), ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (128 MB)
Operating system	Mac OS 9.2, Mac OS 9.2.1, Mac OS 9.2.2, Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah, Mac OS X 10.0.1, Mac OS X 10.0.2, Mac OS X 10.0.3, Mac OS X 10.0.4, Mac OS X 10.1 Puma, Mac OS X 10.1.1, Mac OS X 10.1.2, Mac OS X 10.1.3, Mac OS X 10.1.4, Mac OS X 10.1.5, Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, Mac OS X 10.2.1, Mac OS X 10.2.2, Mac OS X 10.2.3, Mac OS X 10.2.4, Mac OS X 10.2.5, Mac OS X 10.2.6, Mac OS X 10.2.7, Mac OS X 10.2.8, Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, Mac OS X 10.3.1, Mac OS X 10.3.2, Mac OS X 10.3.3, Mac OS X 10.3.4, Mac OS X 10.3.5, Mac OS X 10.3.6, Mac OS X 10.3.7, Mac OS X 10.3.8, Mac OS X 10.3.9, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.4.1, Mac OS X 10.4.2, Mac OS X 10.4.3, Mac OS X 10.4.4, Mac OS X 10.4.5, Mac OS X 10.4.6, Mac OS X 10.4.7, Mac OS X 10.4.8, Mac OS X 10.4.9, Mac OS X 10.4.10, Mac OS X 10.4.11, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.1, Mac OS X 10.5.2, Mac OS X 10.5.3, Mac OS X 10.5.4, Mac OS X 10.5.5, Mac OS X 10.5.6, Mac OS X 10.5.7, Mac OS X 10.5.8
Removable media	SuperDrive (DVD-R), Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)

Physical

Ports & connectivity	4× USB 1.1 · 2× FireWire 400 · 1× FireWire 800 · 10/100/1000 Ethernet · 3.5mm audio in/out · Optical S/PDIF · ADC · DVI · 4× PCI slots · AGP 4× · 56K modem
Dimensions (W×H×D)	210 × 510 × 475 mm
Weight	15.9 kg

Known quirks

Famously loud fans — nicknamed "Wind Tunnel" by owners
Mirrored-door case is beautiful but cramped — thermal challenges
Last official Mac to boot Mac OS 9 natively (early dual-boot models)
Power supply fan bearings wear out and whine
Logic board capacitors can fail with age

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Configurations

Colors

Silver / graphite

CPU

Dual PowerPC G4 @ 867 MHz, Dual PowerPC G4 @ 1.0 GHz, Dual PowerPC G4 @ 1.25 GHz, Dual PowerPC G4 @ 1.42 GHz

Memory

256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB

Storage

80 GB IDE HDD, 120 GB IDE HDD, SSD (IDE adapter)

Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX (32 MB), ATI Radeon 9000 Pro (64 MB), ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (128 MB), ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (128 MB)

Operating system

Mac OS 9.2, Mac OS 9.2.1, Mac OS 9.2.2, Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah, Mac OS X 10.0.1, Mac OS X 10.0.2, Mac OS X 10.0.3, Mac OS X 10.0.4, Mac OS X 10.1 Puma, Mac OS X 10.1.1, Mac OS X 10.1.2, Mac OS X 10.1.3, Mac OS X 10.1.4, Mac OS X 10.1.5, Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, Mac OS X 10.2.1, Mac OS X 10.2.2, Mac OS X 10.2.3, Mac OS X 10.2.4, Mac OS X 10.2.5, Mac OS X 10.2.6, Mac OS X 10.2.7, Mac OS X 10.2.8, Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, Mac OS X 10.3.1, Mac OS X 10.3.2, Mac OS X 10.3.3, Mac OS X 10.3.4, Mac OS X 10.3.5, Mac OS X 10.3.6, Mac OS X 10.3.7, Mac OS X 10.3.8, Mac OS X 10.3.9, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.4.1, Mac OS X 10.4.2, Mac OS X 10.4.3, Mac OS X 10.4.4, Mac OS X 10.4.5, Mac OS X 10.4.6, Mac OS X 10.4.7, Mac OS X 10.4.8, Mac OS X 10.4.9, Mac OS X 10.4.10, Mac OS X 10.4.11, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.1, Mac OS X 10.5.2, Mac OS X 10.5.3, Mac OS X 10.5.4, Mac OS X 10.5.5, Mac OS X 10.5.6, Mac OS X 10.5.7, Mac OS X 10.5.8

Removable media

SuperDrive (DVD-R), Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)