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Xenon Component Verification

Internal G5. 10/15/2003 Delivery. 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 early partner preview program received G5 Alpha towers. Supplied with newly written XSS drivers for GPU.

Pre-Order Start Date 1/15/2004
Delivery Date 2/09/2004
Hardware Group XeEV1
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