Apple G5 1.6GHz Desktop Computer

Manufacturer's Description for Apple G5 1.6GHz Desktop Computer

The success of today's creative professionals depends on their ability to crunch increasing quantities of data quickly and efficiently. You need vast amounts of RAM to handle memory-intensive applications and enormous media files. Musicians and audio producers need to process an unprecedented number of audio tracks, all with complex filters and digital effects. And you need comprehensive input and output options to connect to a myriad of industry-specific peripherals. Enter the all-new Power Mac G5: the world's fastest personal computer, ready to meet the high-performance, no-compromise requirements of creative professionals everywhere.

At the center of this revolutionary system is the 64-bit PowerPC G5, developed in collaboration with IBM and produced using state-of-the-art IBM process technology. Combine this advanced processor with the industry's fastest frontside bus, a high-bandwidth architecture, and plenty of high-speed memory - and the Power Mac G5 outperforms even the fastest Pentium 4-based desktop computers. And since the G5 processor runs 32-bit code natively, your favorite Mac OS X applications will run faster on the new Power Mac, with no optimization or upgrades required.

The Power Mac G5 also introduces a host of leading-edge standards to the Mac platform, making digital production, scientific solutions, and everyday work dramatically faster and more manageable. High-speed PCI-X slots allow you to connect to external devices using industry-leading expansion technology. Serial ATA enables fast access to up to 500GB of internal storage for huge databases and media assets, and an AGP 8X Pro graphics controller supports the next generation of graphics cards for eye-popping 2D and 3D visuals. What's more, the new Power Mac features an efficient cooling system based on superquiet, low-speed fans - all packed into an anodized aluminum chassis with easy access to internal components. Whether you're a film director, a musician, a graphic artist, or a scientist, the Power Mac G5 is your path to enhanced creativity and unparalleled productivity. Discover how you can accomplish things you never dreamed possible.

Apple Computers products are available for shipment to locations in the USA only (including Hawaii and Alaska).

iLife '04 Applications Included
On January 6, 2004, Apple announced iLife '04, the next generation of Apple's award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications. The new iLife '04 applications--iPhoto 4, iMovie 4, iDVD 4, iTunes 4.2, and GarageBandwill begin shipping with new Macs in early February.

Until that transition is complete, an iLife Up-To-Date upgrade package is available for a shipping and handling fee of $19.95 (US) to all customers who purchase a new Mac on or after January 6 that does not include iLife '04. For complete details about the program, please visit http://www.apple.com/ilife/uptodate/.

iLife '04 leads the industry in allowing consumers to easily organize their photos, manage their music collection, create movies, author DVDs, and now create music. If your customers purchase a new Mac without iLife '04, be sure to tell them about the iLife Up-To-Date package.

Music and Audio
The Power Mac G5 supports more tracks and more plug-ins than any previous Power Mac - giving the audio pro a wealth of creative options all in a native environment. In addition, Mac OS X Core Audio offers a scalable platform supporting 32-bit highresolution audio, a plug-in called Audio Units for DSP and Virtual Instruments, and plug-and-play connectivity for modern and legacy audio gear.

Optical Digital Audio
The Power Mac G5 features a comprehensive set of audio capabilities not commonly found in personal computers. The optical S/PDIF I/Os easily connect to devices such as decks, receivers, digital instruments & studio equipment, including 5.1 surround sound speaker systems. Because optical digital audio transmits data as impulses of light rather than electrical signals, it enables true noise-free, pristine sound, eliminating troublesome ground loops.

Analog Audio
Completing the audio features of the Power Mac G5 are high-quality, analog stereo audio line in and line out ports; and a convenient minijack on the front panel that makes it easy to plug in headphones.

Versatile SuperDrive
Every Power Mac G5 ships with an internal SuperDrive, a combination DVD-R and CD-RW optical drive, for reading and writing to DVDs and CDs. Disc burning is integrated into Apple applications such as DVD Studio Pro, iDVD, and iTunes - making it easy to author CDs and DVDs for use in most professional and consumer players. The SuperDrive is also ideal for backup. CDs can hold up to 700MB of data; DVDs can store 4.7GB of data, the equivalent of about seven CDs, 18 Zip 250 disks, or 3200 floppy disks.With Mac OS X, you can archive data to CD and DVD directly from the Finder.

The industry-standard SuperDrive reads dozens of standard CD and DVD formats, and the latest model burns discs twice as fast as before. It writes DVD-R discs at up to 4x speed, reads DVDs at up to 8x speed, writes CD-R discs at up to 16x speed, writes CD-RW discs at up to 10x speed, and reads CDs at up to 32x speed.

Industry-Standard FireWire and USB 2.0
FireWire is one of the fastest peripheral standards ever developed, making it easy to connect high-bandwidth devices such as pro audio equipment, DV cameras, hard drives, and digital music players. And since FireWire cables carry power, the Power Mac G5 can recharge your portable device's batteries, even while you're using the device.

All Power Mac G5 systems have one FireWire 400 port on the front and one on the back of the enclosure, as well as a next-generation FireWire 800 port on the back. FireWire 800 doubles the throughput of the original FireWire 400, from 400 to 800 Mbps. In addition, FireWire 800 works over distances of up to 100 meters, making it ideal for operation in larger facilities.

Three USB 2.0 ports, one on the front and two on the back - plus two USB 1.1 ports on the keyboard - connect to audio interfaces, instruments, printers, scanners, graphics tablets, keyboards, microphones, speakers, joysticks, and other industry-standard input and output devices.

For more information, see www.apple.com/firewire and www.apple.com/usb.

Why buy a Power Mac G5

The 64-bit PowerPC G5 accelerates all types of applications, thanks to clock speeds up to 2GHz, an optimized Velocity Engine, and two floating-point units.

With the industry's fastest frontside bus and high-speed, high-capacity memory, creative applications rip through work faster than ever before.

Whether you're at work or at play, you'll enjoy eye-popping graphics, especially when viewed on one of Apple's stunning flat-panel LCD displays.

Apple's most expandable Mac provides high-bandwidth connections for a full range of industry-standard, high-performance peripherals.

An innovative enclosure design uses a superefficient thermal zone scheme and low-speed fans to stay cool and quiet.

Mac OS X and 32-bit application code run natively at processor speed, so you can keep using the world's most advanced operating system and all your favorite software.

64-bit processors enable the Power Mac G5 to break through the 4GB barrier and support up to 8GB of 400MHz, 128-bit DDR SDRAM - four times more than a typical PC. More main memory and fast 6.4 GBps throughput means you can write large projects to memory 40x faster than to a hard disk. Jointly developed by Apple and IBM, the PowerPC G5 drives the largest gain in processing power in the history of the PowerPC architecture.

The Power Mac G5's enclosure houses four discrete thermal zones to compartmentalize the primary heat-producing components. Fans in the zones spin at very low speeds resulting in a system three times quieter than the Power Mac G4. It's easy to plug printers, scanners and other devices into the Power Mac G5. In addition to sporting a full complement of ports on the back, the front panel has FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 ports, as well as a headphone jack.

Mac OS X: System Software for the Power Mac G5
Mac OS X combines the power and stability of UNIX with Apple's legendary ease of use. The Power Mac G5 ships with the latest version of Mac OS X v10.2 'Jaguar.' Unlike other 64-bit platforms, no special 64-bit version is required; the same operating system runs on all your Mac computers.

Because it's fully compatible with 32-bit PowerPC application code, the Power Mac G5 eases the migration to 64-bit computing and protects your investment in software. Mac OS X doesn't revert to a slow 32-bit emulation mode, as is typical on other 64-bit platforms. Existing Mac OS X application code, as well as Classic applications, runs at full processor speed with no upgrades required. This seamless transition is possible because the PowerPC architecture, unlike competing instruction sets, was designed from the beginning to run both 32-bit and 64-bit application code.

In addition, Mac OS X v10.2.7 (G5) has been enhanced to leverage the capabilities of the 64-bit Power Mac G5.

Built from the ground up for symmetric multiprocessing and multithreading, Mac OS X enables peak performance on dual PowerPC G5 systems.

Mac OS X takes full advantage of the 8GB memory capacity of the Power Mac G5: It can now allocate up to 4GB of memory per process to easily fit memory-intensive applications into RAM.

The math and vector libraries have been tuned to take full advantage of the PowerPC G5 processor's 64-bit integer and floating-point math capabilities and its optimized Velocity Engine.

While existing 32-bit applications benefit from the faster processor and high-bandwidth architecture of the Power Mac G5, performance gains will be more dramatic with PowerPC G5optimized applications. Look for upcoming announcements from developers of popular professional applications.

Built on open standards
Mac OS X is built on open standards, integrating seamlessly with Windows, Linux, and other UNIX systems - thanks to support for common network platforms, standard file formats, and cross-platform UNIX and Java applications. Also included in Mac OS X are innovative, industry-leading applications and core technologies, such as Quartz Extreme, Rendezvous, and QuickTime Pro.

Key Features
The groundbreaking Power Mac G5 sets a new standard for desktop computing. It's the industry's first personal computer with a 64-bit processor; and it has the industry's fastest frontside bus, fastest memory, and latest I/O technologies - all packed into an amazingly quiet enclosure.

Dual 64-bit PowerPC G5 processors: The world's first 64-bit desktop processor - with clock speeds up to 2GHz, an optimized Velocity Engine, and two floating-point units - accelerates all types of creative applications.

Frontside bus up to 1GHz: The industry's fastest frontside bus maximizes processor performance by transferring instructions and data at rates up to 8 GBps.

Dual independent 1GHz frontside buses: In dual PowerPC G5 systems, each processor has its own dedicated frontside bus - another industry first - for an extraordinary combined throughput of up to 16 GBps.

400MHz DDR SDRAM: A superefficient 128-bit memory bus speeds data in and out of main memory at up to 6.4 GBps.

Up to 8GB of addressable memory: Today's Power Mac G5 supports system memory up to 8GB, ideal for manipulating high-resolution multimedia files and enormous data sets.

AGP 8X Pro: The latest 533MHz, 32-bit graphics interface supports next-generation graphics cards for stunning 2D and 3D images and animations.

133MHz PCI-X: The industry's fastest PCI-X slots allow you to connect to high-performance devices using advanced expansion technology.

Serial ATA: Serial ATA is the latest ATA mass storage technology. The Power Mac G5 has two independent channels of 150-MBps Serial ATA for fast access to high-capacity hard drives, providing up to 500GB of internal storage.

SuperDrive: A versatile DVD-R/CD-RW optical drive supports fast data archiving and media authoring.

Wireless connections: Add an AirPort Extreme Card to network wirelessly - or the Bluetooth module to connect to cell phones, PDAs, or printers.

High-performance I/O: Fast ports make it easy to connect to the latest industry-standard solutions: Gigabit Ethernet networks, FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 peripherals, and optical digital audio equipment.

Quiet enclosure: The Power Mac G5 sports an innovative new chassis designed to cool system components efficiently for the quietest possible operation.

Industry-Leading Performance
With 64-bit computing power and a high-bandwidth architecture, the groundbreaking Power Mac G5 opens up a wealth of creative possibilities. All this performance starts with the PowerPC G5, the first 64-bit desktop processor, running at clock speeds up to 2GHz. The industry's fastest frontside bus, an advanced system controller, and highspeed, high-capacity memory combine with advanced processing to make the Power Mac G5 the world's most powerful personal computer.

How fast is it? Apple tested the new systems using industry-standard SPEC benchmarks, as well as real-world applications. Check out the results.

System Throughput
The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) CPU2000 benchmark suite is the recognized industry standard for assessing processing performance. SPEC is a nonprofit organization of hardware and software vendors, universities, and consultants. They developed the SPEC CPU2000 benchmarks based on actual end-user applications. These tests depend on processor, memory subsystem, and compiler performance when executing integer and floating-point computations. For more information on the benchmarks, see www.spec.org.

Apple hired an independent laboratory, VeriTest, to conduct the SPEC CPU2000 benchmark tests and provide documented results. Since SPEC CPU2000 measures the performance of both the hardware and the compiler, VeriTest normalized the compiler on both platforms to allow for a direct comparison of hardware performance alone. VeriTest used GCC - an open source compiler popular with programmers around the world - with similar settings on all systems. (Even though GCC cannot automatically generate Velocity Engine code for the PowerPC G5, settings included automatic generation of optimized SSE/SSE2 code for the Pentium 4 and the Xeon.) The Power Mac G5 used Mac OS X v10.2.7 (G5), and the Intel-based systems used Red Hat Linux 9.0.

The SPEC CPU2000 benchmark suite comprises four metrics - SPECint_base2000, SPECfp_base2000, SPECint_rate_base2000, and SPECfp_rate_base2000 - to represent different performance characteristics of the system.

SPECint_base2000 and SPECfp_base2000 measure the speed of a single task - either an integer calculation or a floating-point calculation - executing on a single processor. Each test measures how long the processor takes to complete the benchmark set of single tasks relative to a SPEC-defined baseline score. SPECint_base2000 is composed of eleven C and one C++ benchmark applications, including a chess program, a data compression utility, and a place-and-route simulator. SPECfp_base2000 consists of six Fortran-77, four Fortran-90, and four C benchmark applications, including shallow-water modeling, neural-network simulation, and computational chemistry.

In single-processor tests, the Power Mac G5 completed the set of floating-point calculations 21 percent faster than the Pentium 4-based system and 30 percent faster than the Xeon-based workstation, while it performed slightly below both systems when executing simple integer calculations.

For comparisons that more accurately demonstrate the performance of a dual processor system, VeriTest used the 'SPEC rate' metrics, which recognize multiple processors. With SPECint_rate_base2000 and SPECfp_rate_base2000, the benchmark code is compiled and multiple copies are run concurrently, allowing both processors to work in parallel. SPEC rate tests determine the number of times a system can complete the benchmark per hour, also referred to as system throughput.

These results clearly demonstrate the benefits of the dual processor Power Mac G5. With full support for symmetric multiprocessing, dual independent 1GHz frontside buses, and two floating-point units per processor, the dual 2GHz Power Mac G5 completed the set of floating-point calculations 95 percent faster than the Pentium 4-based system and 42 percent faster than the dual Xeon-based workstation. Integer performance was also far superior to the Pentium 4 based system and on par with the dual Xeon-based system.

Pro Audio
Audio and music professionals choose Apple as their creative platform. From royalty-free music composition using Apple Soundtrack, to MIDI sequencing and high-end audio production using Emagic's Logic Platinum and Digidesign's Pro Tools|HD, the Apple digital production platform encompasses solutions for the entire spectrum of music and audio professionals. So whether you are working in a garage, in the field, or in the confines of a recording studio, Apple delivers the solution you need to exceed the limits of your creativity.

The tools of audio and music production are constantly changing, improving and getting more powerful. More and more, advances in operating systems and improvements in I/O are driving these changes and making production easier, more flexible, and more economical. Software and hardware solutions from Apple, Emagic, Digidesign, MOTU and others form the core of the toolset that music and audio professionals call upon to produce killer soundtracks, Grammy-winning albums and compelling radio hits.

Apple's Power Mac G5 and Mac OS X form the basis of the audio and music workflow. We take a platform approach in providing tools for our third parties to create solutions. For example, Mac OS X's Core Audio technology offers a level playing field for all software and hardware developers to develop multi-channel audio I/O, low-latency MIDI and high-performance virtual instruments. Apple's FireWire is not only for connecting hard drives and DV cameras, but is perfect for audio I/O as well.

Soundtrack Features
100% real-time: All editing, mixing, arranging, and effects changes sync up in real time to maximize creative control. Audio loops and samples are continually synced in real time to a project tempo and key, which can be adjusted on the fly.

Powerful Media Management: With thousands of bundled loops and samples, and the ability to add hundreds of third-party AIFF, WAV, or ACID audio files from CDs, Soundtrack includes a powerful search engine that lets you instantly find and audition music by instrument, genre or mood.

Powerful audio effects and automation: Soundtrack includes powerful, professional audio effects from both Apple and Emagic, including delays, EQs, and more. You can easily add additional audio effects developed for OS X's Audio Units plug-in standard to the program. All effect parameters can be automated for precise control of your mix.

Broadcast Quality Codecs: Your music can be easily synchronized to your video projects using Final Cut Pro's new Scoring Markers. Multi-track music compositions in Soundtrack can instantly be re-timed to match important video transitions. When you've finished, your audio mix can be brought back into Final Cut Pro, or exported as individual tracks for continued work in Logic or other digital audio workstations.

Logic Platinum Features
DV Support: Logic Platinum 6.0 offers DV preview over FireWire, allowing output-to-video monitoring through DV cameras and converters. You can also view thumbnails of the QuickTime movie in the timeline of Logic's Arrange Window.

Freeze Tracks: Manage your larger projects with Freeze tracks, which reduces the CPU load, allowing you to have more tracks, and run more effects plug-ins and virtual instruments in a project, regardless of the type of CPU.

Emagic Hardware Integration: The Logic Control and Logic Control XT offer superb integration with Logic, allowing you to control all aspects of your mix including plug-in parameters, virtual instrument controls and transport controls.

Recording Studio/Audio Post
In a studio setting, you need powerful, stable and flexible tools to meet your client needs. Whether, Emagic, ProTools, MOTU or other recording hardware forms the basis of your audio I/O, Logic is a perfect front end for recording and producing. The highly customizable interface allows you to set up to 90 different environments for recording, mixing, composing or editing. With full OMF support, interoperability with Digidesign ProTools is easy, giving your studio the flexibility to handle recording, production or audio post tasks, all on one platform.

Products Used
Logic Platinum

ProTools

MOTU

Composer Workflow
Control is critical for a composer. Emagic's virtual instruments offer not only incredible sounds generated directly by the computer, but the ability to shape those sounds with a variety of hardware control surfaces. Different composers prefer to work in different ways, so Logic offers multiple editing modes: matrix (piano roll), event and transform; as well as allowing for up to 90 customized screen layouts. Need to generate lead sheets or edit notes on the staff? Logic's integrated Score Editor takes care of those needs as well.

Products Used
Logic Platinum

Final Mix - From Stereo to 7.1 Surround
When your final composition is finished and ready for distribution, whether it's going out to theater in a surround sound mix, or to DVD, CD or MP3, Logic gives you the final mix format options you need. You can choose to bounce down your mixes in any format from interleaved or split stereo files in WAV, SD2 or AIFF file types to 7.1 surround sound files that can be easily dropped into DVD Studio Pro or other applications. zZounds is an authorized dealer of Apple products.

Processing
1.6GHz, 1.8GHz, or dual 2GHz PowerPC G5 microprocessors
PowerPC processor architecture with 64-bit data paths and registers
Native support for 32-bit application code
512K on-chip L2 cache running at processor speed
Parallel data structure supporting up to 215 simultaneous in-flight instructions
Simultaneous issue of up to 10 out-of-order operations
Dual-pipeline Velocity Engine for 128-bit single-instruction, multiple-data (SIMD) processing
Two independent double-precision floating-point units
Advanced three-stage branch-prediction logic
800MHz, 900MHz, or 1GHz 64-bit DDR frontside bus supporting up to 8-GBps data throughput; one on each processor on dual processor systems
Point-to-point system controller

Memory
128-bit data paths for up to 6.4-GBps memory throughput
1.6GHz model
256MB of PC2700 (333MHz) DDR SDRAM
Four DIMM slots supporting up to 4GB of main memory
1.8GHz systems and 2Ghz systems
512MB of PC3200 (400MHz) DDR SDRAM
Eight DIMM slots supporting up to 8GB of main memory
Support for the following DIMMs (in pairs):
128MB DIMMs (64-bit-wide, 128- or 256-Mbit)
256MB DIMMs (64-bit-wide, 128- or 256-Mbit)
512MB DIMMs (64-bit-wide, 256-Mbit)
1GB DIMMs (64-bit-wide, 256-Mbit)

Graphics and displays
AGP 8X Pro graphics slot supporting up to 2-GBps data throughput, with one of the following graphics cards installed:
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra with 64MB of DDR SDRAM
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro with 64MB of DDR SDRAM
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro with 128MB of DDR SDRAM (build-to-order option)
Support for digital resolutions up to 1920 by 1200 pixels
Support for analog resolutions up to 1600 by 1200 pixels
ADC and DVI connectors; DVI to VGA adapter included
Dual display support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes
Support for up to two Apple flat panel displays(8)

Storage
Two Serial ATA controllers supporting up to 150-MBps data throughput per hard drive
Two 3.5-inch hard drive expansion bays with drive guides for a second drive
One 80GB or 160GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA drive installed in standard configurations(5)
Support for up to two internal Serial ATA drives; 500GB maximum system capacity(5)
8MB memory buffers on all hard drives
Optical drive bay with SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW) installed; writes DVD-R discs at up to 4x speed, reads DVDs at up to 8x speed, writes CD-R discs at up to16x speed, writes CD-RW discs at up to 10x speed, reads CDs at up to 32x speed

PCI expansion
One of the following configurations:
Three open full-length 64-bit, 33MHz PCI slots, or
One open full-length 64-bit, 133MHz PCI-X slot and two open full-length 64-bit 100MHz PCI-X slots

Communications
10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet connector (RJ-45)
Built-in 56K V.92 modem (RJ-11) (13)
Expansion slot for optional 54-Mbps AirPort Extreme Card (based on IEEE 802.11g specification; 802.11b Wi-Fi certified) (6)
External AirPort Extreme antenna
Optional Bluetooth 1.1 module and antenna

Peripherals and audio
One FireWire 800 port and two FireWire 400 ports (one on front panel, 15W total power)
Three USB 2.0 ports (on one front panel), two USB 1.1 ports on keyboard
Front headphone minijack and speaker
Optical digital audio in and out Toslink connectors
Stereo audio in and out minijacks

Electrical and environmental requirements
Meets ENERGY STAR requirements
Line voltage: 100-125V AC or 200-240V AC
Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz, single phase
Maximum current: 6.5A (low-voltage range) or 7.5A (high-voltage range)
Operating temperature: 50 degrees to 95 degrees F (10 degrees to 35 degrees C)
Storage temperature: -40 degrees to 116 degrees F (-40 degrees to 47 degrees C)
Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
Maximum altitude: 10,000 feet

Size and weight
Height: 20.1 in. (51.1 cm)
Width: 8.1 in. (20.6 cm)
Depth: 18.7 in. (47.5 cm)
Weight: 39.2 lbs. (17.8 kg) (14)

*** Please note that all RAM upgrades are broken down into 2 chips. For example, 1 GB of ram is broken down to 2 x 512MB's.