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<blockquote data-quote="MacHeadCase" data-source="post: 549994"><p>What might be confusing you is that the Intel-based Mac Pro and the Power Mac G5 kept the same casing. </p><p></p><p>The <em>G</em> in G5 stands for the PowerPC chip generation, hence the G5 was generation number 5 of the PowerPC chip, the first one being the 601 chip found in the old <a href="http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac/stats/powermac_6100_60.html" target="_blank"><strong>6100 Macintosh</strong></a>.</p><p></p><p>Here's a complete rundown on the PowerPC chip's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC_600" target="_blank"><strong>first two generations</strong></a> (with links at the bottom to the G3, G4 and G5 chips).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacHeadCase, post: 549994"] What might be confusing you is that the Intel-based Mac Pro and the Power Mac G5 kept the same casing. The [I]G[/I] in G5 stands for the PowerPC chip generation, hence the G5 was generation number 5 of the PowerPC chip, the first one being the 601 chip found in the old [URL="http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac/stats/powermac_6100_60.html"][B]6100 Macintosh[/B][/URL]. Here's a complete rundown on the PowerPC chip's [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC_600"][B]first two generations[/B][/URL] (with links at the bottom to the G3, G4 and G5 chips). [/QUOTE]
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