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Xenon Component Verification

Initially off the Shelf PowerMac G5 PCI-X series A1047 supplied by Apple. Units given for internal software development, component and peripheral testing.

Delivery 10/15/2003
Hardware Group XeCV
Motherboard PCB Apple PowerMac G5 820-1592-A
CPU PowerPC 970 2.0GHz
GPU card GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
RAM 512MB (2x256) DDR 400MHz PC3200
Storage 80GB Hard Drive

Xenon Engineering Verification 1

Adopters of the partner preview program received G5 Alpha towers. Supplied with newly written XSS drivers for graphics. These units would also replace the Internal XeCV G5 for hardware engineers. This phase of alpha would also include none-functional mechanical testing.

Partner Alpha Kit

Pre-Order 1/15/2004
Delivery 2/09/2004
Hardware Group Unknown
Motherboard PCB Apple PowerMac G5 820-1592-A
CPU Initially: PowerPC 970 2.0GHz
Post-June: Dual PowerPC 970/970FX 2.0GHz
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".

GPU Card ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition Video Memory 128MB

Notes

  • End of support: February 2005

Type 2

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

GPU Card ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition Video Memory 256MB

Notes

  • End of support: May 2005