Today in Apple history: Power Mac G5 packs world's first 64-bit CPU
By Luke Dormehl • 5:00 am, June 23, 2021
A 64-bit CPU powered Apple's stunning "cheese grater" Power Mac G5.
Photo: Bernie Kohl/Wikipedia CC
June 23, 2003: Apple launches its gorgeous Power Mac G5, a powerhouse desktop computer with a perforated aluminum chassis that earns it the affectionate nickname the "cheese grater."
Starting at an affordable $1,999 ($2,650 in today's terms), the Power Mac G5 is the world's first 64-bit personal computer. It's also Apple's fastest machine yet.
How new Mac Pro borrows from Apple's best designs
By Leander Kahney • 8:00 am, June 5, 2019
You might be better off with iMac Pro instead.
Photo: Apple
It's obvious that the new Mac Pro, unveiled this week during Apple's WWDC keynote, is a reboot of the venerable Power Mac G5, a machine released in 2003 that featured a distinctive "cheese grater" grille.
Aside from looks, there are many similarities to the G5, plus a couple of ideas from other older Apple machines. Here are some of the clearest design influences on the new Mac Pro.
WWDC over the years: How it became a tech juggernaut
By Luke Dormehl • 10:00 am, June 1, 2017
WWDC has been home to some seismic announcements over the years.
Photo: Daniel Spiess/Flickr CC
As Apple's longest-running annual keynote event, it's no surprise that WWDC has played host to some absolutely enormous announcements over the years.
From strategies that changed the company's course to the debut of astonishing new products, here are our picks for the most important ones. Check out the list below.
Nostalgia fuels these wacky Apple Car concepts
By David Pierini • 9:34 am, February 14, 2017
The color iMac G3 is classic, but could it be a classic car?
Photo: NeoMam Studios
Part of you wishes you still had a blueberry iMac G3 sitting on your desk. But would you buy a car that looked just like it?
A marketing company, joining in on the excitement surrounding longtime rumors of an Apple car, came up with five concepts that are inspired by landmark Apple products.
Today in Apple history: Power Mac G5 goes on sale
Do you remember the Power Mac G5?
Sometimes affectionately called the "cheese grater," the original Power Mac G5 first went on sale on June 23, 2003 — offering what was then Apple's fastest-ever machine and the world's first 64-bit personal computer.
Check out the video of Steve Jobs introducing the computer 13 years ago today.
If Jony Ive designed furniture, it would look like this
By John Brownlee • 6:20 am, October 23, 2014
Photo: Klaus Geiger
For the last decade or so, Apple has made some of the most beautifully designed devices on the planet. But because those devices are technology, not furniture or art, they have an incredibly short half-life in our home. Yet these are still classic designs that, in any other context, we might keep around for decades.
That's why I like this bench built by Klaus Geiger.
This Radical Skateboard Was Made From An Old Mac Pro [Image]
By John Brownlee • 9:16 am, March 11, 2013
Apparently, the aluminum from this skateboard was repurposed from an old Mac Pro (or Power Mac G5?). Since Apple's pretty much abandoned updating their Pro desktop, that's one way to make sure all that pretty metal doesn't go to waste.
Via: Reddit
Slam Dunk: Power Mac G5 Panel Morphs into Basketball Backboard
By Nicole Martinelli • 7:45 am, January 18, 2010
CoM reader Paul sent us these pics of his office where the IT department shoots hoops on a backboard with an Apple logo.
After the cardboard backboard from the Nerf caved in under one too many slam dunks, Paul had a brainwave:
"As we were scrapping an old PowerMac G5 for parts, I realized that we could recycle the door to become our new heavy backboard. Two short screws were used to attach the plastic bracket to the door and another two longer ones to go into the concrete pillar in the office wall."
Keeping Time with Dead Power Mac G5
By Nicole Martinelli • 10:19 am, December 30, 2009
Even when they're dead, Apple products are still timely — like the iPod clock or the G4 timepiece.
Here's a nice step-by-step transformation of a defunct Power Mac G5 into a sleek wall clock.
It's the handiwork of Japanese Apple fan NOBON — the same one who "printed" Fuji apples with the Apple logo.
Via NOBON