Check out the video of Steve Jobs introducing it thirteen years ago today.
Internally, the Power Mac G5 boasted IBM’s PowerPC G5 CPU architecture. At the time it represented a massive step up from the aging Power Mac G4, which had been Apple’s high-end Mac range from 1999 until 2002.
It continued until Apple finally replaced it with the Mac Pro ten years ago in August 2006. For trivia buffs, the Power Mac G5 was Apple’s first computer to include USB 2.0 ports.
The computers weren’t without their issues, since some models suffered from both noise and heating issues (although a liquid-cooled version was made available in an attempt to counter this.) However, the Power Mac G5’s stunning
industrial appearance remains one of my personal favorite Apple designs
in history, and one that a large number of users still remember today.
The
gorgeous design wasn’t just limited to the distinctive case either: the
Power Mac G5 was the first Apple computer to have its interior — which
most users would never even see — designed by Jony Ive and his team so
as to be aesthetically pleasing.
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