THE COMPACT C2 BEATS UP ON A COMPUTER BIGGER, HEAVIER AND PRICIER
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, black, brushed aluminium exterior of the C2. Many are unaware that the C2 compares very well to even the top-of-the-line PowerMac G5 in many important areas - CPU power, RAM, recovery, HD Storage, to name just 4. We put the C2 up against the more expensive PowerMac G5 dual 1.8 GHz to give you a quick way to compare the feature sets:
| PowerMac G5 | Professional C2 | |||
| Processor | PowerPC G5 | Intel® Pentium® 4 HT | ||
| Speed | Dual 1.8 GHz | • |
3.0 GHz | |
| Cache | 512K | 512K | ||
| Front Side Bus | • |
900 MHz | 800 MHz | |
| RAM TYPE | DDR 400 | DDR 400 | ||
| RAM SIZE | 256 MB | • |
1024 MB | |
| RAM MAX | • |
4 GB | 2 GB | |
| Chassis | Aluminium | Aluminum | ||
| Optical Drive | 8X DVD-R / CD-RW | • |
12X DVD+/-RW / CD/RW | |
| Write Speed | 32x32x10x8 | • |
48x40x16x12 | |
| 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 | • |
6 | |
| FireWire 800 ports | • |
1 | none | |
| FireWire 400 ports | 2 | 2 | ||
| VGA outputs | single | single | ||
| TV out | none | • |
S-Video | |
| AGP Slots | 1 | 1 | ||
| AGP Speed | 8X | 8X | ||
| Video RAM | 64 MB | 64 MB | ||
| Max Analog resolution | 1600 x 1200 | • |
2048 x 1536 | |
| Max Digital resolution | 1920 x 1200 | 1920 x 1200 | ||
| Ehternet/LAN | Gigabit 10/100/1000 BASE-T | Gigabit 10/100/1000 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"] | 185 mm [7.3"] | ||
| Net Weight | 20.2 Kg [44.4 lbs] | • |
4.65 Kg [10.3 lbs] | |
| Power Supply | 250W (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 | • |
$1,899.00 USD | |
| Mouse Buttons | 1 | • |
2 | |
| Mouse Wheel | no | • |
Yes |
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