Power Mac G5

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The Power Mac G5 is a line of Apple desktop workstations introduced in 2003, notable for its aluminum tower design and use of 64-bit PowerPC G5 processors aimed at professional and high-performance computing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Apple Macintosh computer
desktop workstation
personal computer
architecture 64-bit PowerPC
caseMaterial aluminum
coolingSystem air cooling
liquid cooling (on some models)
cpuFamily IBM PowerPC G5
developer Apple Inc.
discontinuationYear 2006
expansionSlots PCI
PCI Express (late models)
PCI-X
formFactor tower desktop
frontPorts FireWire 400
USB 2.0
headphone jack
graphicsInterface AGP
PCI Express (late models)
introducedAtEvent Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2003
introductionDate 2003-06-23
introductionYear 2003
manufacturer Apple Inc.
marketingClaim "world’s fastest personal computer" at introduction
notableFeature distinctive perforated aluminum front panel
first 64-bit desktop computer from Apple
separate internal thermal zones
operatingSystem Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
powerSupplyLocation bottom of case
predecessor Power Mac G4
productLine Power Macintosh
rearPorts FireWire 400
FireWire 800
Gigabit Ethernet
USB 2.0
optical audio in
optical audio out
successor Mac Pro
supports64Bit yes
supportsDualProcessors yes
supportsMultiDisplay yes
targetMarket high-performance computing
professional users
useCase 3D rendering
audio production
scientific computing
video editing

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
AltiVec ("PowerPC G5")
PowerPC
usedIn
Mac Pro
predecessor
Power Macintosh series
successor
VMX ("Apple Power Mac G5")
usedBy

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