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Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver)

M8493 · Translucent (iMac G3 era)

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Identifiers

Order number

M8493

Reference

Original price	$1,699 – $3,499
Announced	2001-07-18
Discontinued	2002-01-28
Max supported OS	Mac OS X 10.5.8
Design era	Translucent (iMac G3 era)

Configurations

Colors	Silver / graphite
CPU	PowerPC G4 @ 733 MHz, PowerPC G4 @ 867 MHz, Dual PowerPC G4 @ 800 MHz, Dual PowerPC G4 @ 1.0 GHz
Memory	128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, 1.5 GB (max)
Storage	40 GB IDE HDD, 60 GB IDE HDD, 80 GB IDE HDD
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX (32 MB), NVIDIA GeForce4 MX (64 MB), ATI Radeon 7500 (32 MB), NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti (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/CD-RW), Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)

Physical

Ports & connectivity	2× USB 1.1 · 2× FireWire 400 · 10/100 Ethernet (Gigabit on high-end) · 3.5mm audio in/out · ADC · VGA · AGP 4× · 3× PCI/PCI-X slots · 56K modem
Dimensions (W×H×D)	432 × 432 × 171 mm
Weight	11.3 kg

Known quirks

Silver/graphite case evolution of G4 Graphite — optical drive slot added
Gigabit Ethernet standard on dual-CPU models
ADC display port carries power/USB/video in one cable — unique to this era
PMU lockups are a common service call

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Configurations

Colors

Silver / graphite

CPU

PowerPC G4 @ 733 MHz, PowerPC G4 @ 867 MHz, Dual PowerPC G4 @ 800 MHz, Dual PowerPC G4 @ 1.0 GHz

Memory

128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, 1.5 GB (max)

Storage

40 GB IDE HDD, 60 GB IDE HDD, 80 GB IDE HDD

Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce2 MX (32 MB), NVIDIA GeForce4 MX (64 MB), ATI Radeon 7500 (32 MB), NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti (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/CD-RW), Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)