Apple just announced their new G4 PowerMacs at Seybold San Francisco 1999. Armed with the powerful PowerPC G4 CPU and its Velocity Engine DSP-like capabilities, Apple expects this new model to take the publishing market as well as the business and home markets by storm.
We were very impressed by what we saw. We took a look at Apple's spec sheets and product literature and immediately had tons of questions. We also had a lot of observations. We talked to Apple employees at Seybold Seminar in San Francisco, got answers to most of our questions, played with the G4s a bit, and got writing. After you read this article, you should be an expert on the G4.
The way we've arranged this article is with the Apple specification information in Bold and our commentary, clarifications, and clever remarks in normal text.
There are two motherboard options for the PowerMac G4s. There is a low-end motherboard that appears to be almost identical to the motherboard in Blue and White G3 PowerMacs. And there is a high-end motherboard that is all-new, faster and has more features. Most of the specifications are the same between the two motherboards but where there are differences, we list them in the specifications. Overall, the new high-end motherboard has enough added features to make it very appealing over the older low-end motherboard.