Apple Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors 2003) vs Apple Power Macintosh 9500/132

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Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors 2003) compared with Power Macintosh 9500/132

	ApplePower Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors 2003)	ApplePower Macintosh 9500/132
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 604 132 MHz (Power Macintosh 9500/132)
CPU cores
CPU cores	1 or 2	1
Graphics
Graphics	ATI Radeon 9000 Pro (64 MB)	–
Memory
Memory	256 MB or 2 GB (better)	32 MB
Storage
Storage	80 GB (better)	2 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.	132 MHz PowerPC 604 with integrated floating-point unit, 32 KB L1 cache, 512 KB L2 cache and 64-bit data path at 44 MHz
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.	No video card bundled; a third-party PCI graphics card is required to attach a monitor
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.	Twelve 168-pin DIMM slots; 32 MB in Apple's listed configuration, expandable to 768 MB with 70 ns DIMMs
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.	2 GB internal SCSI hard drive, 1.44 MB floppy drive and 4× AppleCD 600i CD-ROM drive in Apple's listed configuration
Expansion slots
Expansion slots	Four PCI slots and an occupied AGP 4x graphics slot.	Six PCI slots; processor on an upgradeable daughterboard
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 GeoPort serial connectors, AAUI and 10BASE-T Ethernet, 16-bit stereo audio input and output; video depends on a separately purchased PCI card
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.	–
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	12.7 kg (better)
Width × depth × height
Width × depth × height	226 × 467 × 432 mm	196 × 400 × 430 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 Japanese technical sheet gives 430 × 196 × 400 mm and approximately 12.7 kg, varying with installed devices
Power supply
Power supply	–	Maximum 225 W; 100–125 or 200–240 V AC at 50–60 Hz; 3.6 V lithium clock battery
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 7.5.2. Apple's support page gives 1 May 1995 as introduction, but a distinct first-sale date was not established.