Apple Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors 2003) vs Apple Power Macintosh 8100/100AV

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Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors 2003) compared with Power Macintosh 8100/100AV

	ApplePower Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors 2003)	ApplePower Macintosh 8100/100AV
Overview
Released
Released	June 2003	1995
Performance
Processor
Processor	PowerPC G4 1250 MHz (Power Mac MDD 2003) or 2 × PowerPC G4 1250 MHz (Power Mac MDD 2003)	PowerPC 601 100 MHz (Power Macintosh 8100/100AV)
CPU cores
CPU cores	1 or 2	1
Graphics
Graphics	ATI Radeon 9000 Pro (64 MB)	–
Memory
Memory	256 MB or 2 GB (better)	16 MB
Storage
Storage	80 GB (better)	1 GB
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.	100 MHz PowerPC 601 with 32 KB L1 cache, 256 KB L2 cache and 33.3 MHz system bus
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 DRAM video and an AV video card with 2 MB VRAM; supports 24-bit colour at 640 × 480 through the VRAM output
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.	16 MB in Apple's Japanese product bundle, including 8 MB on the logic board; eight 72-pin SIMM slots allow up to 264 MB
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.	1 GB internal SCSI hard drive, 1.44 MB floppy drive and built-in 2× AppleCD 300i Plus CD-ROM in Apple's Japanese product bundle
Expansion slots
Expansion slots	Four PCI slots and an occupied AGP 4x graphics slot.	Three NuBus slots; the processor-direct slot is occupied by the AV card
Display
Screen
Screen	None built in	None built in
Connections
Ports
Ports	2 × USB-A, Ethernet, headphone jack	Ethernet
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, external DB-25 SCSI, two serial ports, AAUI Ethernet, HDI-45 and DB-15 monitor ports, stereo audio input and output, S-video input and output with RCA adapter
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 DRAM video and the AV card provide connections for two monitors; resolution and colour depth vary with the video output
Speakers
Speakers	Built-in mono speaker and connection for Apple Pro Speakers; no built-in microphone.	–
Keyboard and mouse
Keyboard and mouse	Black Apple Pro input devices and DVI-to-VGA adapter.	–
Design and power
Type
Type	Tower	Tower
Weight
Weight	19.1 kg	11.3 kg (better)
Width × depth × height
Width × depth × height	226 × 467 × 432 mm	196 × 396 × 360 mm
Operating system
Operating system	macOS	macOS
Power supply
Power supply	–	Automatically configured 100–240 V AC, 50–60 Hz; Apple Service Source distinguishes 298 W maximum continuous and 453 W peak AC input, excluding the monitor, from 200 W continuous DC output. The exact-model English support sheet labels 200 W as maximum watts.
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.	–
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.	Apple's Japanese bundle included an Apple Desktop Bus Mouse II, power cable, KanjiTalk 7.5 CD-ROM and documentation. Apple lists 3 January 1995 as introduction, but a distinct first-sale date was not established.