Apple Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors 2003) vs Apple Power Macintosh 6100/60

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Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors 2003) compared with Power Macintosh 6100/60

	ApplePower Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors 2003)	ApplePower Macintosh 6100/60
Overview
Released
Released	June 2003	March 1994
Performance
Processor
Processor	PowerPC G4 1250 MHz (Power Mac MDD 2003) or 2 × PowerPC G4 1250 MHz (Power Mac MDD 2003)	PowerPC 601 60 MHz (Power Macintosh 6100/60)
CPU cores
CPU cores	1 or 2	1
Graphics
Graphics	ATI Radeon 9000 Pro (64 MB)	–
Memory
Memory	256 MB or 2 GB (better)	8 MB or 16 MB
Storage
Storage	80 GB (better)	160 MB to 250 MB
CPU
CPU	Stock single 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 with 256 KB L2 cache and 1 MB L3 cache. Contemporary Macworld reporting of Apple Store configurations also documents dual 1.25 GHz processors, each with 2 MB L3; this custom build is labelled in configuration details rather than presented as a second stock base.	60 MHz PowerPC 601 with a 30 MHz 64-bit data path, integrated memory management and floating-point hardware, and 32 KB L1 cache; L2 cache optional
GPU
GPU	Stock ATI Radeon 9000 Pro with 64 MB DDR in an AGP 4x slot. Macworld also documents a custom dual-processor build with NVIDIA GeForce4 Titanium; that build has other upgrades and is not treated as a freely interchangeable stock configuration.	Built-in HDI-45 video uses system DRAM, supporting 16-bit colour at 512 × 384 and 640 × 480 or 8-bit at 832 × 624; an optional AV card adds dedicated VRAM
Memory type
Memory type	Stock 256 MB PC2700 DDR333; four DIMM slots, maximum 2 GB. The single-processor configurations retain the stock drive and graphics at base and maximum memory. The documented dual-processor custom base has 256 MB.	8 MB on the logic board plus two 72-pin 80 ns SIMM slots in a matched pair; 8–72 MB supported by Apple, with larger third-party options not represented as maker-supported; 4 MB ROM
Storage type
Storage type	Stock 80 GB 7200 rpm Ultra ATA/100 hard drive; up to four internal drives. Tray-loading Combo drive reads DVD at 8x and CD at 32x, writes CD-R at 16x and CD-RW at 10x. Macworld documents a dual 1.25 GHz custom base with 80 GB, Combo drive and Radeon 9000 Pro, and a separate upgraded build with 2 GB RAM, two 160 GB drives, SuperDrive and GeForce4 Titanium. The two-drive build is described here without flattening its drives into a single capacity.	Internal 1.44 MB manual-inject floppy drive and 160 or 250 MB SCSI hard-drive configurations. Apple's March 1994 launch list also pairs a 250 MB disk with an optional 2× CD-ROM drive
Expansion slots
Expansion slots	Four PCI slots and an occupied AGP 4x graphics slot.	One processor-direct slot; an optional adapter provides one NuBus slot. Optional cache, AV and DOS compatibility cards occupy expansion capacity
Display
Screen
Screen	None built in	None built in
Connections
Ports
Ports	2 × USB-A, Ethernet, headphone jack	Ethernet, headphone jack
Ethernet
Ethernet	1 Gb/s	–
Front ports
Front ports	Headphone connection and built-in mono speaker.	–
Back ports
Back ports	Two USB 1.1, two FireWire 400, Gigabit Ethernet with Auto-MDIX, ADC and DVI display connectors, audio line-in/out and Apple Pro Speakers connection. The maker lists a V.92 modem. Optional original AirPort; the contemporary Apple-spokesman report confirms no AirPort Extreme, internal Bluetooth or FireWire 800.	Apple Desktop Bus, HDI-45 video, DB-25 SCSI, two GeoPort serial connectors, AAUI Ethernet, PlainTalk microphone input and sound output
External displays
External displays	ADC and DVI connectors with included DVI-to-VGA adapter. Digital resolution up to 1920 × 1200; analogue up to 1600 × 1200. The exact sheet does not publish a simultaneous display count.	Built-in video supports one display through HDI-45; compatible graphics expansion can drive a second display
Speakers
Speakers	Built-in mono speaker and connection for Apple Pro Speakers; no built-in microphone.	Internal speaker with PlainTalk microphone input and stereo sound output
Keyboard and mouse
Keyboard and mouse	Black Apple Pro input devices and DVI-to-VGA adapter.	–
Design and power
Type
Type	Tower	Compact
Weight
Weight	19.1 kg	6.4 kg (better)
Width × depth × height
Width × depth × height	226 × 467 × 432 mm	414 × 396 × 86 mm
Operating system
Operating system	macOS	macOS
Size and weight detail
Size and weight detail	Maker dimensions: height 43.2 cm, width 22.6 cm, depth 46.7 cm; weight 19.1 kg. These published metric values differ slightly from the FW800 sheet.	Apple's 3.4 × 16.3 × 15.6 inch and 14 lb reference dimensions; metric fields are rounded conversions
Power supply
Power supply	–	Apple's support sheet states 210 W maximum, 100–240 V AC at 50–60 Hz; a Low End Mac profile lists a 200 W supply, so the figures may describe different measurements
In the box
In the box	Mac OS X 10.2.4 and bootable Mac OS 9.2.2, install/restore DVD and Apple Hardware Test. First sale uses the 23 June 2003 Macworld report that these models were for sale at Apple’s online store; a 29 June report quotes an Apple spokesman confirming manufacture and sale. The first day is contemporary Apple Store reporting rather than a retained maker launch notice.	Original System Software 7.1.2 with PowerPC Enabler 1.0. Apple dates the 6100/60 introduction to 14 March 1994; its 66 MHz replacement was a separate January 1995 model