Apple Power Mac G5 (Late 2005) - Manual (Page 5)

5 Technology Overview
Power Mac G5
Outside the Power Mac G5
Handsome good looks combine with a user-centered design that includes convenient
ports and an easy-to-open (and easy-to-lock) side panel. All confi gurations of the new
Power Mac G5 come with a comprehensive suite of integrated innovations.
Easy-open side door
A removable side panel provides
quick access to slots and bays, so
you can install additional memory,
a second hard drive, or a PCI Express
card. To secure internal components,
simply add a lock to the panel latch.
PCI Express slots
Connect your choice of 16-lane PCI
Express graphics cards to one or two
displays, and install up to three PCI
Express expansion cards to add
cutting-edge devices to your Power
Mac G5 system.
Dual Gigabit Ethernet ports
Two Gigabit (10/100/1000BASE-T)
Ethernet interfaces allow you to
connect the Power Mac G5 to both a
public and a private network—ideal,
for example, for simultaneous access
to the Internet and an Xsan network.
Dual Gigabit Ethernet also enables
server-class features such as support
for VLAN tags, jumbo frames, and port
aggregation.
SuperDrive
Read and write to most types of CD
and DVD media using the built-in 16x
SuperDrive with double-layer support.
Antenna for wireless connections
A built-in antenna and optional
AirPort Extreme 3 and Bluetooth tech-
nologies make wireless networking
easy. Create or join AirPort wireless
networks, exchange fi les wirelessly
with another AirPort-equipped Mac,
or connect to Bluetooth-enabled
mobile phones, PDAs, and printers—
and to Apple’s wireless keyboard
and mouse.
Analog and optical digital audio
Optical digital audio ports support
stereo and 5.1 surround sound
speaker systems, while analog stereo
audio line-level input and output
ports allow you to connect analog
audio decks and devices.
FireWire and USB 2.0 ports
Plug in your choice of peripherals and
devices. Each system has one FireWire
400 port on the front, one FireWire
400 port on the back, a FireWire 800
port on the back, and four USB 2.0
ports—one on the front and three on
the back. There are also two USB 1.1
ports on the keyboard.
Convenient front I/O ports
The front panel of the Power Mac G5
features an integrated speaker, head-
phone minijack, FireWire port, USB 2.0
port, and power button.