PowerPC G4 1250 MHz (Power Mac MDD 2003) or 2 × PowerPC G4 1250 MHz (Power Mac MDD 2003)
CPU cores
1 or 2
Graphics
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro (64 MB)
Memory
256 MB or 2 GB
Storage
80 GB
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.
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.
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.
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.
Expansion slots
Four PCI slots and an occupied AGP 4x graphics slot.
Display
Screen
None built in
Connections
Ports
2 × USB-A, Ethernet, headphone jack
Ethernet
1 Gb/s
Front ports
Headphone connection and built-in mono speaker.
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.
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
Built-in mono speaker and connection for Apple Pro Speakers; no built-in microphone.
Keyboard and mouse
Black Apple Pro input devices and DVI-to-VGA adapter.
Design and power
Type
Tower
Weight
19.1 kg
Width × depth × height
226 × 467 × 432 mm
Operating system
macOS
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
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.
Configurations
Processor
Memory
Storage
Storage type
Graphics
PowerPC G4 1250 MHz (Power Mac MDD 2003)
256 MB
80 GB
Hard drive
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro (64 MB)
PowerPC G4 1250 MHz (Power Mac MDD 2003)
2 GB
80 GB
Hard drive
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro (64 MB)
2 × PowerPC G4 1250 MHz (Power Mac MDD 2003)
256 MB
80 GB
Hard drive
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro (64 MB)
Pros and cons
Pros
+Can boot directly into Mac OS 9
+Four hard-drive bays and four PCI slots
+Custom dual-processor option documented at launch
