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.

ConfigID

• 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. These alpha units are supplied under the ConfigID grouping of XeEV1.

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".