personal computer by Apple

The Beige G3 is a third-generation Power Mac. It has a new motherboard with a faster system bus than earlier models, a third-generation PowerPC CPU, uses a completely different type of memory, has a different way of upgrading the CPU, and includes a personality card slot. The Power Mac G3 comes in desktop and minitower configurations and replaces the 7300 , 8600 , and 9600 .

The PowerPC 750 (G3) CPU was the first processor designed specifically for the way Macintosh works. Code compatible with the 603e, the G3 was tweaked based on the software Macintosh users ran. This moved the “entry level” chip past the previous powerhouse, the 604e, even at lower clock speeds. Macworld’s SpeedMark showed the 233 MHz is 22% faster than the 233 MHz 604e in the 9600/233.

The 233 MHz model usually comes in a similar desktop case to the 7200-7600. Because of the smaller motherboard, it has room for one more drive – mounted on the bottom of the desktop case itself. (The G3/233 was also available in a tower configuration, but only from the Apple Store.)

Specs (via Low End Mac)

• Announced: November 10th, 1997
• Discontinued: December 14th, 1998
• Rom: 4 MB Macintosh ROM
• Gestalt Id: 510
• Code Name: Gossamer
• Order Number: M6141LL/A (Desktop, 233 MHz) M6202LL/A (Desktop, 266 MHz, Zip drive, ATI 3D Rage II+ or Rage Pro) M6508LL/A (Desktop, 266 MHz, No Zip drive, ATI Rage Pro Turbo) M6431LL/A (Minitower, 233 MHz) M6142LL/A (Minitower, 266, 32 MB, 6 GB, 2MB VRAM, Zip, S-video + Comp.) M6459LL/A (Minitower, 266, 128 MB, 4 GB SCSI, 6 MB VRAM + 8 MB PCI VRAM)
• Pram Battery: 3.6V half-AA
• Apple Model Number: M3979 (Desktop, 233/266 MHz) M4405 (Minitower, 233/266 MHz)
• Model Id: None
• Cpu Performance 233 Mhz: 4.5, relative to 7500/80 266 MHz: 5.0, relative to 7500/180; 826, MacBench 5
• Cto/Bto: 100 Mb/s Ethernet
• Minitower Wings Personality Card: Composite Yellow/Red/White In, Out S-Video In, Out
• See: Online resources and links for the Beige Power Mac G3 (1997)
• L1I: = L1 Instruction Cache,
• L1D: = L1 Data cache
• 233: Mhz, 1 Processor, 1 Core, 1 Thread, 32-Bit, 66 MHz Bus
• 266: Mhz, 1 Processor, 1 Core, 1 Thread, 32-Bit, 66 MHz Bus
• (All): 32 MB PC-66 SDRAM Standard