Alpha

Note  Article under construction

Xenon Component Verification

Internal G5. 10/15/2003 Delivery. Initially off the Shelf G5 supplied by Apple. Units given for internal software development, component and peripheral testing.

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• Grouping: XeCV

Xenon Engineering Verification 1

1/15/2004 preorders begin. 2/09/2004 units delivered. Adopters of the early partner preview program received G5 Alpha towers. Supplied with newly written XSS drivers for GPU.

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Pre-Order Start Date	1/15/2004
Delivery Date	2/09/2004
Hardware Group	XeEV1
Motherboard PCB	Apple PowerMac G5 820-1592-A
RAM	512MB (2x256) DDR 400MHz PC3200
Storage	160GB Hard Drive

Type 1

Commonly referred to by the community (but not by Microsoft) as "Alpha 1".

Type 2

Commonly referred to by the community (but not by Microsoft) as "Alpha 2".