Mac G4 Beige Mirror Machine Manual

The Mirror Drive Doors machines offered a tempting upgrade to early G4 or G3 owners, but they were quickly overshadowed by the mighty Power Mac G5. But that’s a story for another day. This is the oldest Power Mac G4 that can run Mac OS X Leopard. The PowerMac G4 MDD was Apple’s last Mac capable of dual-booting into both Mac OS 9 and OS X. The last of the G4 towers, this model was originally introduced in 2002, briefly evolved into an OS X-only configuration with FireWire 800 in 2003, then returned to the original design for another year. The OWC Mercury Extreme G4 processor is compatible with Mac OS 9.2.1 and later, including all versions of Mac OS X. If your computer is a Power Macintosh AGP Graphics, Gigabit Ethernet or Digital Audio model, you must upgrade it’s firmware to version 4.2.8. This cannot be performed using Mac OS X, you must boot into Mac OS 9. The Power Mac G4 MDD (Mirrored Drive Doors) was the 3rd Major Revision of the Power Mac G4. It Included an 867MHz, 1GHz, or 1.25GHz PowerPC G4 CPU in single or dual configurations, and a Dual 1.42GHz PowerPC G4 CPU. This computer was the fastest, most powerful G4-Based Macintosh, before Mid-2004 when Apple introduced the Power Mac G5. Global Nav Open Menu Global Nav Close Menu; Apple; Shopping Bag +.

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The Power Macintosh G4 features PowerPC 74xx (G4) processors in the wonderfully easy-to-upgrade case design introduced with the Power Macintosh G3 (Blue). The Power Macintosh G4 Cube features a unique, compact design that was not financially successful, but inspired the Mac mini series. Complete technical specifications are below.

For answers to all your Power Macintosh G4 questions, please check out the Power Macintosh G4 Q&A and Power Macintosh G4 Cube Q&A.

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