Alpha

Internal G5

10/15/2003 Delivery Off the Shelf G5 supplied by Apple. Units given for internal software development.

Partner G5

1/15/2004 preorders begin. 2/09/2004 units delivered. Adopters of the early partner preview program received G5 Alpha towers. Supplied with a GPU that is not stock to the G5.

Type 1

Commonly referred to as "Alpha 1" by the scene.

Type 2

Commonly referred to as "Alpha 2" by the scene.