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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 9.2.1, Mac OS 9.2.2, Mac OS X 10.1, Mac OS X 10.4.11, 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