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Apple PowerMac G4 800 (Quicksilver)
This is the Power Mac G4 800.
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Apple PowerMac G4 |
Manufacturer |
Apple Computer Inc. |
Original Price |
Bought used on eBay for ~$400 |
Mass storage options |
built in ATA/66; 2 external USB ports; 2 external Firewire 400 ports
Shipped with one 40gig hard drive |
Removable storage options |
ATA DVD-R/CDRW drive; IOMega ZIP drive |
Ports |
USB, Firewire, |
CPU |
PowerPC G4 @ 800mhz |
Memory |
~1 gig |
Video Display |
Radeon 7500 AGP card |
Video memory |
32meg |
Sound |
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Operating Systems |
Mac OS 9.2 - 10.4 (last PowerMac able to boot into OS9) |
Upgrades Installed |
Sonnet Tempo ATA 100 PCI card
USB 2.0 PCI Card (added four ports)
Memory upgrade from 256 megs to 1024 megs |
Condition |
Used as the main family computer for four years |
Click on the above photo for a closer view.
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View of the back of the G4, showing the built in ports, plus the ports added via the PCI slots. |
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The G4 opened (used the same drawbridge design as the first Blue and White G3 -- a great design)
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The mainboard of the G4. The four PCI slots (white on the left), the AGP slot, the three RAM slots, and the G4 processor (and huge heat sink)
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This shows the hard drives in the bottom of the tower. There are two installed (it only shipped with one originally). |
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The tag on the G4 shows the configuration when it left Apple. (I erased most of the serial numbers in this photo, but they are intact on the machine)
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Information about this model is available on www.everymac.com
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