The imac g4800 features a 800 mhz powerpc 7445 g4 processor with the altivec velocity engine vector processing unit, 256 mb of ram pc3 sdram, a 60. Highend 600 mhz with lots of ram should cope with it fine. Complete technical specifications for every apple mac using the powerpc g4 processor are listed below for your convenience. The ppc archive team ourselves has a variety of machines, ranging from imac g3s, blue and whites, ibooks, powerbooks, and g5 systems. Further to one of my previous questions i have now managed to get hold of osx tiger for my imac g4 800mhz superdrive. Ten years ago, apple introduced the flatpanel imac g4. Again, the low end 800 mhz model did not include any level three cache. Details about apple macintosh imac g4 m6498 800 mhz 512 mb 80. Sage, ruby and indigo units are loaded with mac os x 10. The last of the g4 towers, this model was originally introduced in 2002, briefly evolved into an os xonly configuration with firewire 800 in 2003, then returned to the original design for another year. G4 1 imac g4 800 17 flat panel 800 mhz powerpc 7445 g4 1 imac g4 800 x only flat panel 800 mhz powerpc 7445 g4. An allinone computer integrates the internal components, such as the processor, directly into the display. Feb 01, 2009 software installing osx imac g4 800mhz superdrive tiger feb 1, 2009. The imac g4 running mac os x with keyboard, mouse, and speakers.
Dvd video encoding performance percentage faster than system pentium. Thats how time magazine described the imac g4 when it was introduced. Updated quicksilver machines, officially named power mac g4 quicksilver 2002, were introduced on january 28, 2002 with 800 mhz, 933 mhz and dual 1 ghz configurations. The imac g4 originally included both mac os 9 and mac os x, due to the machine being released the year mac os 9 was discontinued. The emac featured a 17inch 430 mm flatscreen crt monitor, a freescale powerpc g4 processor running at 700 or 800 mhz, nvidia geforce2 mx graphics, and builtin 18watt stereo speakers. The apple imac g4 is an allinone computer that was released in 2002 and sold until it was discontinued in 2004.
Dig out your retro computers and set them up, or dig out your vintage photos from when your computer was new. Every once in a while on a local buysell facebook group in my local area someone lists a mac. Processor, 700 mhz or 800 mhz powerpc g4 7450, 800 mhz powerpc g4 7450. Revive your old mac g3, g4, or g5 with linux ghacks tech. Installing ubuntu linux powerpc on an imac g4 krazy kens. The imac g4 was replaced by the imac g5 on august 31, 2004. Some g4 imacs are officially supported under mac os x 10. With intelonly snow leopard shipping, software support for ppc. Aug, 2002 both imac and emac offer 700 mhz and 800 mhz powerpc g4 processors with velocity engine and include apples industryleading suite of digital lifestyle applications including iphoto for managing and sharing digital photographs, imovie for creating digital movies and itunes for creating a digital music library. Thats how time magazine described the imac g4 when it. Tech specs for all apple macs with a powerpc g4 processor type. The internals such as the hard drive and motherboard were placed in the dome instead of the lcd panel as it would be too heavy. The future of g4 imacs in the age of leopard, dan knight, mac musings, 2007. When ilife 09 was first announced at last months macworld, the system requirements included a power pc g5 or 867 mhz or faster powerpc g4 without mentioning any incompatible individual features.
Both imac and emac offer 700 mhz and 800 mhz powerpc g4 processors with velocity engine and include apples industryleading suite of digital lifestyle applications including iphoto for managing and sharing digital photographs, imovie for creating digital movies and itunes for creating a digital music library. The apple imac g4800 flat panel features an 800 mhz powerpc 7445 g4 processor with the altivec velocity engine vector processing unit and a 256k onchip level 2 cache, 256 mb of ram pc3 sdram, a 60. The mouse died and id like to find a replacement as i want to give this to my daughter. Software installing osx imac g4 800mhz superdrive tiger. It replaced the aging imac g3 it had a 15inch lcd which was mounted on an adjustable arm above a hemisphere containing a fullsize, trayloading optical drive and a fourthgeneration cpu the ppc 74xxseries. The power mac g4 is a series of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by apple computer, inc. Throw in a cdrrw drive that lets you burn your own custom cds and youll see why the new imac is several leaps ahead of any other computer out there. Apple imac desktop 15 m9105lla 800 mhz powerpc g4, 256 mb ram, 60 gb hard drive, dvdcdrw drive discontinued by manufacturer. My mac is running slow and one diagnostic i used said i have memory leak.
Steve jobs quoted it as being a design that will last till the next decade. The imac g4 featured an lcd mounted on an adjustable arm above a hemisphere containing a fullsize, trayloading optical drive and a fourthgeneration powerpc g4 74xxseries processor. The imac g4 nicknamed the ilamp was a computer that was produced by apple from the beginning of 2002 to mid 2004. Quite a few people still have power mac g5s kicking around, and quite a few people have imac g3s around as well. My 800mhz powerpc imac g4 is almost old enough to vote.
For other processors, please refer to the main by processor page. The apple macintosh server g4 with agp graphics, based on the sawtooth architecture, features a 350400450 or 500 mhz powerpc 7400 g4 processor with the altivec velocity engine vector processing unit and 1 mb of backside cache. Dates sold, cpu specifics, memory info, storage details, prices and more. Pdf manual the apple imac g4800 flat panel features an 800 mhz powerpc 7445 g4 processor with the altivec velocity engine vector processing unit and a. It has a 800mhz processor that has been overclocked to run os x 10. Power macintosh g4800, g4933, and dual1ghz macworld. Originally known as the new imac the imac g4 was created to replace the imac g3 as apples allinone desktop computer. The imac g4 is an allinone personal computer designed, manufactured, and sold by apple. My wife had a g3 ibook 800 mhz with 640 mb of ram, and firefox 3 breezed on it, as fast as my intel imac running leopard.
We also now have the user guidemanual for you to download. Jan 07, 2002 the new imac also features a powerful 700 mhz or 800 mhz powerpc g4 processor and apples revolutionary superdrive for playing and burning cds and dvds. The g4 is the fourth generation of apples allinone imac series and a successor to the g3. Although jobs didnt mention it at the january 2002 macworld expo, the g4 imac has a new keyboard, one with white keys and gray letters, not the old hardertoread, lower contrast black keys with gray letters. I would like to upgrade my operating system, but am afraid that some of my software programs wont work, and i will loss datainformation.
Leopard mac operating system software, apple imac powerpc g4 desktops, apple mac os x 10. The chip operates at speeds ranging from 350 to 500 mhz and contains 10. Featuring a spry power section consisting of an 800 mhz powerpc g4 processor and 256 mb ram expandable to 640 mb, the system packs enough raw muscle for most typical mobile computing tasks. I also picked up my old 800mhz imac g4 just over a week ago. The topend imac runs an 800 mhz g4 and has a superdrive so you can burn dvds.
This model will include the 700mhz g4, 128mb of ram, a 40gb hard drive and a cd burner. Jaguar was the first truly popular mac os x release, and most longtime mac users made the jump to os x with this version. That imac has builtin video output, but not input, so theres no way to do it directly with a cable. The g4 is easily recognizable by its swiveling monitor mounted above the hemispherical computer. The apple imac g4800 17inch flat panel features an 800 mhz. The apple imac g4 800 flat panel features an 800 mhz powerpc 7445 g4 processor with the altivec velocity engine vector processing unit and a 256k onchip level 2 cache, 256 mb of ram pc3 sdram, a 60. Mac os 9 applications within the mac os x classic environment. The powerpc 7400 codenamed max debuted in august 1999 and was the first processor to carry the g4 moniker. May 30, 2010 what these lines do is set the cpu speed reported by open firmware to os x as an 867 mhz g4 processor system. Ati mobility radeon 9200 video chipset with 32 mb of dedicated ddr sdram memory. Dont dismiss sunrise, as it looks very promising, and i will be using a whole lot more. Apple imac desktop 15 m9105lla 800mhz powerpc g4, 256 mb ram, 60 gb hard drive, dvdcdrw drive discontinued by manufacturer. According to, the specification site i use, there were three imac g4 800mhzs and two of them could boot int os 9. Ill post more on that imac soon but for now its all about this odd mdd.
The new imac also features a powerful 700 mhz or 800 mhz powerpc g4 processor and apples revolutionary superdrive for playing and burning cds and dvds. By the time you read this, the g4800 dp should include idvd 2. It had a 15inch lcd which was mounted on an adjustable arm above a hemisphere containing a fullsize, trayloading optical drive and a fourthgeneration cpu the ppc 74xxseries. This model features an 800 mhz powerpc g4, 256 mb of ram pc3 sdram, an 80. Built around the powerpc g4 series of microprocessors, the power mac g4 was marketed by apple as the first personal supercomputers, reaching speeds of 4 to 20 gigaflops. Using an imac g4 as a second monitor apple community. The new imac technical specifications processor and memory 700 or 800mhz powerpc g4 processor with velocity engine 256k onchip level 2 cache at full processor speed 100mhz system bus 128mb or 256mb of sdram expandable to 1gb. With linux on the machine it felt much more powerful than it should have. The powermac g4 mdd was apples last mac capable of dualbooting into both mac os 9 and os x. The apple imac g4800 flat panel features an 800 mhz powerpc 7445 g4.
That includes the dual 800 mhz power mac g4 as well as digital audio and other g4 power macs that have been upgraded with processors. It has an 80gb hard drive, 768mb ram and a super drive for burning cds and dvds. Thats our guess of what still has the most ground in the powerpc world. Apple macintosh imac g4 m6498 800 mhz 512 mb 80 gb hd.
Apple imac software and operating systems call 4042590183 for upgrades and repairs to your imac. Apr 30, 2012 the future of g4 imacs in the age of leopard, dan knight, mac musings, 2007. Power mac g4 dual 1 ghz 72 power mac g4 933 mhz 51 power mac g4 800 mhz 26 dell dimension 8200 2ghz pentium 4 baseline the power mac g4 with dual 1ghz processors is 72 percent faster than pcs with a 2ghz pentium 4 processor in photoshop tests of 9 commonly used operations. The imac g4800 features a 800 mhz powerpc 7445 g4 processor with the altivec velocity engine vector processing unit, 256 mb of ram pc3 sdram, a 80. Although mac users understand the megahertz myththat a powerpc g4 chip equipped with velocity engine can run rings around a pc powered by a.
What these lines do is set the cpu speed reported by open firmware to os x as an 867 mhz g4 processor system. By the time you read this, the g4 800 dp should include idvd 2. Also, an 800 mhz imac g4 has the older very slow usb 1. To buy or upgrade a powerpc imac as well as newer macs see site. The have detailed step by step information, used by genius technicians and authorised service centres to repair the imac g4. Apple imac allinone ppc g4 800 mhz 256 mb 60 gb lcd 15 overview and full product specs on cnet. To buy or upgrade a powerpc imac as well as newer macs see site sponsor. Apple macintosh imac g4 m6498 800 mhz 512 mb 80 gb hd dvd. Aug 08, 2011 i have an imac power pc g4, model number m6498. This particular unit, the entrylevel ibook g4 12inch m9164lla, is the most affordable mobile computer in the entire apple roster. The topend imac runs an 800 mhz g4 and has a superdrive so you can. Software installing osx imac g4 800mhz superdrive tiger feb 1, 2009.
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