Quicksilver 2002 vs. MDD 2003? — #7

Post #7 by theos911

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	PowerPC
Post Date	Fri, 30 Sep 2011 - 02:25
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/quicksilver-2002-vs-mdd-2003.23939/

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There are two revisions of 2003 MDD's. There are Januarys and Junes. The Januarys could not boot OS 9, the Junes could. Yes, it was a weird move on apple's part. They needed to get rid of parts and decided to release one last OS 9 mac. (Like how the Yikes used lots of B&W G3 parts that were left over) (Kinda funny to note: two years before the intel transition they were stilling selling OS 9 machines :lol: )

There's only one native mode 9.2.2 Mac faster than my Dual 1 GHz Quicksilver 2002.This was the Apple Power Macintosh G4 1.25 DP (MDD), intro'd August 13, 2002 and produced until January 28, 2003.

...and the Apple Power Macintosh G4 1.25 DP (MDD), intro'd June 23, 2003 and produced until June 9, 2004 . They are literally the same. The bus speed is only different if you had an 867MHz Dual MDD 2002. (The 867's having a 133 bus. The others having 167MHz.)

The Power Macintosh G4/1.25 (MDD 2003) is a re-released version of the Power Macintosh G4/1.25 DP (MDD) (M8573LL/A) -- due to demand from users who still needed to boot MacOS 9 -- but configured, by default, with a single processor, less RAM, a smaller hard drive, and a DVD-ROM/CD-RW "Combo" drive instead of a DVD-R/CD-RW "SuperDrive". It also sold for a much lower price, US$1299 instead of US$3299.
It was released on June 23, 2003 along with the original Power Macintosh G5 models and discontinued on June 9, 2004 when the Power Macintosh G5 (June 2004) series was introduced.

Please note that this model also could be custom configured with dual 1.25 GHz PowerPC 7455 (G4) processors.

~http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/stats/powermac_g4_1.25_mdd.html