Apple Power Mac Desktop M8705LL/A (800-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive)

by Apple

Product Details

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• Product Dimensions: 18.4 x 8.9 x 17 inches ; 30 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 45 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005YXC9
• Item model number: M8705LL/A
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 28, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

With a leap in processing power, next-generation 3-D graphics, and Mac OS X pre-installed, the latest 800 MHz PowerPC G4-equipped Power Mac is designed to put your workflow into fast forward.

The system's graphics performance is off the charts, with hot new graphics processors and dual display support. The ATI Radeon 7500 delivers riveting effects, with fluid motion and photorealistic 3-D images. The GeForce4 MX, a phenomenal graphics processor with 64 MB of on-chip Double Data Rate (DDR) memory, pumps out 1.1 billion textured pixels per second to kick your projects into overdrive.

The Apple Display Connector (ADC) makes it a snap to connect your Power Mac to your choice of three brilliant displays. Combine it with the 15-inch or 17-inch Apple Studio Display, or the gorgeous 22-inch Apple Cinema Display, and you'll have the perfect environment for creative professionals.

You also get the benefit of built-in Gigabit Ethernet for shooting large files across your LAN at previously unheard-of speeds, a 56K modem, an AirPort Card slot, two 400 Mbps FireWire ports, and four USB ports (two on the computer, two on the keyboard). Incidentally, FireWire, PCI expansion (four full-length, 64-bit, 33 MHz PCI slots with 215 Mbps throughput), and Gigabit Ethernet are integrated directly into the main system controller, reducing latencies and providing superior I/O performance.

This Power Mac comes with a 40 GB, 7,200-rpm Ultra ATA hard disk drive and three 3.5-inch hard disk drive expansion bays--with support for up to two internal ATA drives, three internal SCSI drives, or a combination of two ATA drives and one SCSI drive for a total of 232 GB of internal storage.

The 108-key Apple Pro keyboard features full-size cursor keys for those times when you want to zip up, down, and sideways to race through image retouching tasks, change direction in games, or jump from place to place in a document. It also gives you 15 full-size programmable function keys, so you can assign a single keystroke to quickly launch a favorite application, execute a command, or open a particular project file. The Apple Pro keyboard also comes with full-size keys for Page Up and Down, Home and End, Insert and forward Delete, plus a convenient Eject key for ejecting CDs or DVDs.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PC Convert, April 9, 2002

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"cjhrph" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Apple Power Mac Desktop M8705LL/A (800-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)

I finally gave in and bought a PowerMac. I dumped my PC and WinXP. After using it for two months, I'm a total convert. I don't think I'll be using the PC ever again. This thing is incredible. Apple really does pay attention to detail; even the box the computer comes packaged in is a work of art. It comes bundled with a ton of software and so far I have been able to find everything I have needed. Office, Appleworks, Quicken, Toast. What else can I say other than this has been my best computing experience in > 10 years.