I am being a pedant here… it was the fastest, but not the last! When the G5 was launched Apple quietly launched along side it a last, legacy Power Mac G4 - a single 1.25Ghz machine specifically for those who still needed OS 9. It was basically a re-introduction of the 2002 model, but is technically the ‘last’ Power Mac to officially be able to boot into Mac OS 9.x.
That’s what my machine is, with the dual 1.25Ghz option.
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That’s what my machine is, with the dual 1.25Ghz option.
Power Mac G4 (Mid 2003) - Low End Mac
Leave it to Apple to completely confuse the market by releasing a “brand new” 1.25 GHz Power Mac G4 model at the same time it announced the first Power Mac G5s. Like the 2002 Mirrored Drive Doors Power Mac G4, this model can boot into OS 9 as well as OS X. It must be time for Apple to […]
Blind to the OS but quite a few apps made use of dual processors:
You are of course absolutely right! You're sat there looking at the physical machine with two processors in it sat right in front of you with some plonker on the internet telling you otherwise!
It's all good, we are all friends here. Its a good machine but I don't run it very often because it is rather noisy and they are prone to power supply failure. I have even been considering using my ADC to DVI adapter with it to take strain off the power supply.
The June 2003 1.25 MDD was a single CPU only (and last Powermac G4) - the Jan 2003 1.25 MDD was dual CPU with FW800 (and can't boot OS9.)
The June 2003 version had a dual 1.25 option that is mentioned in the above screenshot.
The screen show was taken from July 2003 and it mentions the machine only having FW 400
Sorry for the run around and thanks for pointing it out - I've never come across that configuration or seen it mentioned before - I had the 2002 Dual and a couple of the 2003 Singles.
You hit the same memory block/lapse as I did! But Mr Spock is quite correct, and they own one of the unicorns! There must have been so few of the 2003 DP 1.25's made... they must be a bit like gold dust! It would appear Apple were just getting rid of a glut of 1.25Ghz PPC G4 processors that were in their inventory at the time!
I think what threw me off was the notion they'd put out a dual 1.25 inferior to the one from the year before - I guess they must've priced it lower?
Oh yeah, much lower! I think the 2003 dual 1.25 was priced at somewhere around $1600 in the US, which was fantastically cheap at the time. I think I paid around £1250 for the single 1.25 WITH a 17” Apple Studio Display (with an education discount), which seemed like an incredible deal at the time! I think an iMac with an education discount was something around £600 back then.
i had 2x1gb sticks in my 1.25ghz emac with no problem and it recognized all 2gb. not sure if the earlier models will use that much thoughOh man, thanks for finding this out. I was thinking about trying some 1GB PC133s in the Six Dollar eMac but I was unsure of whether or not it would actually work. Two 512s it is, then.
Speaking of the Six Dollar eMac, something's on the way that will absolutely elevate it.
Appreciated knowledge, but while PC2700 did come in 1GB sticks, PC133 did not outside of specialised applications and so support might be spotty.
Very nice setup! congrats!
I think the iMac G4 is the most beautiful computer ever made!
