2001 Power Mac G4 QuickSilver (Part 1) – Wind5387
Video Highlights:
0:00 – Intro to Power Mac G4 QuickSilver
0:58 – Port overview
2:08 – Bootup into Mac OS X and tour
This original G4 QS has an 867 MHz PowerPC G4e processor, 512 MB of RAM, and two 60 GB hard drives.
After nearly two years of Graphite Power Mac G4 towers, Apple unveiled the QuickSilver at the MacWorld NY event in July 2001 – a refresh aesthetically and technologically. Outside, it was clad in new colors and had a redesigned front panel, the most salient feature being the gaping circle towards the bottom housing a Harman/Kardon speaker – a much needed improvement over the tinny speaker on previous Power Macs. Inside, it was a speed bump to the Digital Audio model (released in January 2001) with faster versions of the PowerPC "G4e" processors introduced with that model. (The Digital Audio models represented a significant technological update to the existing Sawtooth and Mystic G4s.)
The first generation QuickSilvers were available with 733, 867, or dual 800 MHz G4e processors. Noteworthy is that the 733 MHz QuickSilver lacks a level 3 cache, meaning its performance was theoretically worse than the previous 733 MHz Digital Audio model. Additionally, the SuperDrive – first introduced with the 733 MHz Digital Audio model – was now available on the mid-range model as well as the high end. The 867 MHz version is also the oldest Mac that officially supports Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
It took two and a half weeks to get from New York to Philadelphia!
Oh and about that box... The previous owner hadn't even bothered to get a box that wasn't torn up and flimsy, so instead they literally taped it up with duct tape and clear packing tape. I should have taken a picture just so you could see how I saw it when it arrived at my front door! When I tried to lift it up to bring it to my room, the bottom of it almost fell out, meaning that the Power Mac G4 QuickSilver, Apple Studio Display, Pro Speakers, and Pro Keyboard would have fallen out right on to my hardwood floor. Luckily that didn't happen.
So when I opened the box (which was very easy considering the poor condition it was in), there I find a bunch of "popcorn" foam, newspaper, and even plastic shopping bags as the packaging. All of the contents looked like they we're literally tossed inside like a basketball tossed into a hoop, since the G4 was sitting on its side, the display was upside down and leaning on the side of the flimsy box, and the speakers and keyboard were sitting under all of that. Some of the popcorn foam was inside the Power Mac G4 QuickSilver, so I took an extra 20 minutes carefully taking all of the foam out of the inside, and all around.
I got really nervous when I did all this because I thought I had bought a scam computer on eBay, but it fired right up when I plugged it in. It ran extra slow because the previous owner installed Norton anti-virus software (on a Mac), which is unnecessary. In addition, the Pro Speakers weren't putting out any sound, and it would freeze on bootup sometimes. After I uninstalled it, none of that happened, which demonstrates why anti-virus isn't necessary on a Mac. Before I uninstalled it, all I got was warning messages from that program saying "You need to update now!" and "Your computer is extremely vulnerable to viruses!" It made me feel like I was using a Windows XP machine! Macs are practically invincible as it is when it comes to viruses. Yes, OCCASIONALLY, a Mac can get a virus, however, they aren't really bothered by those viruses and aren't 100% vulnerable to them *anyways*. Windows, on the other hand, DOES require anti-virus software, and it isn't a surprise to hear that one of those got a virus since they are so vulnerable!
I WAS working on installing Mac OS X Public Beta, and everything went terrible. The install disc (which was actually on a USB drive) ended up wiping the hard drive and now I have the folder with the flashing question mark every time I try to start it… I bought the official OS X Public Beta install disc on eBay, and unfortunately that didn't work, either.
Rather embarrassingly, I found out that the QS wasn't made to boot up into the Public Beta because it was introduced in July 2001 — 3 months after the official release of Mac OS X Cheetah.
Price when new: $2499 (867MHz G4e, 128MB RAM, 60 GB HDD, SuperDrive)
"Pro create. Introducing the new Power Mac G4."
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