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Specs in Brief: Blue & White Power Mac G3
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Specs in Brief: Blue & White Power Mac G3
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Specifications
- 300, 350, and 400 MHz introduced 1999.01.05; 450 MHz introduced 1999.06
- requires Mac OS 8.5 through OS X 10.4.x; units that shipped with Mac OS 8.6 require 8.6 or later.
- CPU: 300/350/400/450 MHz PPC 750
- bus: 100 MHz
- RAM: 64 MB or 128 MB standard, expandable to 1 GB using PC100 SDRAM (3.3V, unbuffered, 64-bit, 168-pin, 100 MHz) in 4 DIMM slots; not compatible with double-sided DIMMs
- L2 cache: 1 MB 2:1 backside cache (512 KB on 300 MHz model)
- VRAM: 16 MB
- Video: ATI Rage 128 on 66 MHz bus, supports resolutions to 1600 x 1200 with 32-bit support, VGA output. Rev. 1 runs graphics processor at 75 MHz, while Rev. 2 uses faster 90-100 MHz clock.
- Video: Some educational units came with a Rage Pro video card that supported video capture.
- hard drive: 6 GB or 12 GB Ultra ATA or 9 GB Ultra2 SCSI hard drive. Maximum IDE drive size is 128 GB without third-party support.
- CD-ROM: 24x maximum throughput, DVD and DVD-RAM optional
- internal Zip drive optional
- 4 PCI slots (3 are 64-bit 33 MHz, one is 32-bit 66 MHz and is used for the video card)
- optional internal 56k modem
- microphone: standard 3.5mm minijack, compatible with line-level input including Apple's PlainTalk microphone
- two 400 Mbps FireWire ports (not bootable from FireWire)
- two 12 Mbps USB 1.1 ports for keyboard, mouse, and peripherals
- one ADB port
- 10/100Base-T ethernet connector on back of computer
- size (HxWxD): 17.0" x 8.9" x 18.4"
- weight: 30.0 lb.
- PRAM battery: 3.6V half-AA
- upgrade path: ZIF CPU upgrades
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