One of the unique and key highlights of The Apple Power Mac G5 is – it is the first of all the Mac Series computers to function with a 64-Bit PowerPC 970 (G5) processor and is also one of the first across all manufacturers to employ 64-bit processors Desktop line. This processor allows the device to be faster among the peers of its time. It comes with a 160 GB hard drive installed for its storage and, an ATI Radeon 9600 Pro (AGP 8X Pro) video card with 64 MB of DDR SDRAM. It is designed with 9 computer-controlled fans for optimum cooling and also a removable side panel for easy access to internal components to allow for upgrades. The Power Mac G5 is a history-making device and certainly caused a lot of excitement during its release.
Storage
The Apple Power Mac G5 device is built with 160 GB Serial ATA (1.5 Gb/s) hard drive storage with a storage speed of 7200 RPM.
Screen Size and Resolution
The Power Mac G5 can support dual displays for its primary display functions with a resolution of 1920×1200 and also is secondary display can perform dual or mirroring functions also at 1920×1200 resolution.
Inclusive Features
The Power Mac includes the following features and ports:
2nd Display Dual/Mirroring Support with a maximum resolution of 1920×1200.
4X “SuperDrive”.
2 FireWire “400” ports and 1 FireWire “800” port.
Processor & Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
The Apple Power Mac G5 has MacOS X 10.2.7 (G5) pre-installed on it and runs on a dual 2.0 GHz PowerPC 970 (G5) processors. Its graphics are supported by an ATI Radeon 9600 Pro (AGP 8X Pro) video card with 64 MB of DDR SDRAM.
Memory & Architecture
The Apple Power Mac G5 device is built with a 32k/64k level 1 cache and 512k level 2 on-chip cache. The RAM for its configuration is a 512 MB of 400 MHz PC3200 DDR SDRAM.
2.0 GHz PowerPC 970×2
512 MB
160 GB Hard Drive
N/A
Upgradability
Although the Power Mac G5 comes with 512 MB of RAM it can be upgraded to up to 8 GB of RAM. The Operating System of the Power Mac G5 can also be upgraded from its pre-installed MacOS X 10.2.7 (G5) to MacOS X 10.5.8. The Power Mac G5 dimensions are 511mm×206mm×475mm and it has a weight of 39.2 lbs (17.8 kg).
Identifier reference: M9032LL/A, A1047, EMC 1969. Use these together because one Apple identifier can sometimes cover multiple configurations.
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