THE C3 OUTSPECS A COMPUTER THAT IS BIGGER, HEAVIER, NOISIER & PROCIER
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 C3. Some may not be aware that the C3 compares very well to the pricier PowerMac G5 in many important areas - CPU power, RAM, recovery, CPU cache, HD size - to name just 5. We put the C3 up against the more expensive PowerMac G5 1.8 GHz to give you a quick way to see the overwhelming value the C3 offers.
| PowerMac G5 | Professional C3 | |||
| Processor | PowerPC G5 | • |
Intel® Pentium® 4 HT | |
| Speed | 1.8 GHz | • |
3.0 GHz | |
| Cache | 512K | • |
1MB | |
| Front Side Bus | 600MHz | • |
800 MHz | |
| RAM TYPE | DDR 400 | DDR 400 | ||
| RAM SIZE | 256 MB | • |
512 MB | |
| RAM MAX | • |
4 GB | 2 GB | |
| Chassis | Aluminium | Aluminum | ||
| Optical Drive | 8X DVD-RW | • |
16X DVD+/-RW | |
| Write Speed | 32x24x8x8 | • |
40x40x16x16 | |
| DVD RAM support | no | • |
Yes | |
| Hard Drive 1 | Serial ATA150 | Serial ATA150 | ||
| HD1 Speed | 7200rpm | 7200rpm | ||
| HD1 Size | 80 GB | • |
120 GB | |
| Hard Drive 2 | none | • |
Serial ATA150 | |
| HD2 Speed | none | • |
7200rpm | |
| HD2 Size | none | • |
160 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 | none | ||
| AGP Slots | 1 | 1 | ||
| AGP Speed | 8X | 8X | ||
| Video RAM | • |
64 MB | built-in [16MB shared] | |
| Max Analog resolution | 1600 x 1200 | • |
1792 x 1344 | |
| 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"] | 185 mm [7.3"] | ||
| Net Weight | 20.2 Kg [44.4 lbs] | • |
9.1 Kg [20 lbs] | |
| Power Supply | 250W (PFC) | |||
| Operating System | Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" | Microsoft Windows XP® | ||
| Recovery System | No | • |
Built-in & Awesome! | |
| Free Telephone Support | 90 days | • |
2 years | |
| Retail price | $1,499.00 USD | • |
$1,399.00 USD | |
| Mouse Buttons | 1 | • |
2 | |
| Mouse Wheel | no | • |
Yes |
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