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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 9.2.2, Mac OS X 10.2, Mac OS X 10.4.11, 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