THE C1 IS A REAL WINNER WHEN COMPARED TO A G5 COSTING 43% MORE
With its low profile, small form factor and ultra-silent operation many potential customers don't realize the sheer computing power lurking under the sexy, silver, brushed aluminium exterior of the C1. Many are unaware that the C1 compares very well to even the PowerMac G5 dual 1.8 GHz in many important areas - CPU power, RAM, recovery, HD Storage, to name just 4. We put the C1 up against the significantly more expensive PowerMac G5 dual 1.8 GHz to give you a quick way to compare the feature sets:
| PowerMac G5 | Professional C1 | |||
| Processor | PowerPC G5 | Intel® Pentium® 4 HT | ||
| Speed | Dual 1.8 GHz | • |
2.8 GHz | |
| Cache | 512K | 512K | ||
| Front Side Bus | • |
900 MHz | 533 MHz | |
| RAM TYPE | DDR 400 | DDR 333 | ||
| RAM SIZE | 256 MB | • |
512 MB | |
| RAM MAX | • |
4 GB | 2 GB | |
| Chassis | Aluminium | Aluminum | ||
| Optical Drive | • |
8X DVD-R / CD-RW | DVD/CDRW Combo | |
| Write Speed | 32x32x10x8 | • |
52x32x52x16 | |
| Hard Drive 1 | • |
Serial ATA150 | ATA133 | |
| HD1 Speed | 7200rpm | 7200rpm | ||
| HD1 Size | 80 GB | 80 GB | ||
| Hard Drive 2 | none | • |
ATA133 | |
| HD2 Speed | none | • |
7200rpm | |
| HD2 Size | none | • |
120 GB | |
| Total Drive Bays | 3 | 3 | ||
| 5.25" Bays | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3.5" Bays | 2 | 2 | ||
| USB 1.0 ports | 2 | none | ||
| USB 2.0 ports | 3 | • |
4 | |
| FireWire 800 ports | • |
1 | none | |
| FireWire 400 ports | 2 | • |
3 | |
| VGA outputs | single | single | ||
| AGP Speed | • |
8X | 4X | |
| AGP Slots | 1 | 1 | ||
| Video RAM | • |
64 MB | dynamic | |
| Max Analog resolution | 1600 x 1200 | 1600 x 1200 | ||
| Max Digital resolution | • |
1920 x 1200 | none | |
| Ehternet/LAN | • |
Gigabit 10/100/1000 BASE-T | 10/100 BASE-T | |
| PCI Slots | • |
3 | 1 | |
| S/PDIF | Input/Output | Input/Output | ||
| Microphone In | Yes | Yes | ||
| Headphone Out | Yes | Yes | ||
| Stereo In/Out | Yes | Yes | ||
| Rear L/R | No | • |
Yes | |
| Surround/LFE | No | • |
Yes | |
| AC'97 support | No | • |
Yes | |
| Parallel Port | None | • |
1 | |
| Serial Ports | None | • |
2 | |
| Length | 475 mm [18.7"] | 300 mm [11.8"] | ||
| Width | 206 mm [8.1"] | 200 mm [7.9"] | ||
| Height | 511 mm [20.1"] | 182 mm [7.3"] | ||
| Net Weight | 20.2 Kg [44.4 lbs] | • |
4.57 Kg [10.1 lbs] | |
| Power Supply | 200W (PFC) | |||
| Operating System | Mac OS X version 10.3 "Panther" | Microsoft Windows XP® | ||
| Recovery System | No | • |
Built-in | |
| Free Telephone Support | 90 days | • |
2 years | |
| Retail price | $1,999.00 USD | • |
$1,399.00 USD | |
| Mouse Buttons | 1 | • |
2 | |
| Mouse Wheel | None | • |
Yes |
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