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Power Mac G5 (Late 2004)
M9748 · Cheese Grater
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Identifiers
| Order number | M9748 |
Reference
| Original price | $1,499 – $2,999 |
| Announced | 2004-10-19 |
| Discontinued | 2005-10-19 |
| Max supported OS | Mac OS X 10.5.8 |
| Design era | Cheese Grater |
Configurations
| Colors | Anodized aluminum |
| CPU | PowerPC G5 @ 1.8 GHz, Dual PowerPC G5 @ 2.0 GHz, Dual PowerPC G5 @ 2.5 GHz (liquid-cooled) |
| Memory | 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB (max) |
| Storage | 80 GB SATA HDD, 160 GB SATA HDD, 250 GB SATA HDD |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra (64 MB), NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL (256 MB), NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL (256 MB), ATI Radeon 9650 (256 MB), ATI Radeon 9600 XT (128 MB), ATI Radeon X800 XT (256 MB) |
| Operating system | 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) |
Physical
| Ports & connectivity | 3× USB 2.0 · 2× FireWire 400 · 1× FireWire 800 · 10/100/1000 Ethernet · 3.5mm audio in/out · Optical S/PDIF in/out · 3× PCI-X slots · AGP 8× Pro |
| Dimensions (W×H×D) | 206 × 511 × 475 mm |
| Weight | 17.6 kg |
Known quirks
- 2.5 GHz dual is liquid-cooled — coolant leaks are the #1 kill mode
- Coolant (Fluorinert) is corrosive to solder joints when it escapes
- Liquid loop is serviceable but parts are increasingly rare
- Still louder than 2003 model even with liquid cooling