What is the difference between Sawtooth, Quicksilver 1 & 2

Re: What is the difference between Sawtooth, Quicksilver 1 & 2

Originally posted by onlydroops
I'm fairly new to the Power Mac world and have noticed these titles for G4 floating around. What is the difference between them? Different standard hardware? Is one an update of another or are they names for different generations of G4s?

Thanks

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You might try the Apple History web site, and the Apple Museum website. Read and be wise.

MDD are the current (pre-G5) powermacs. Sawtooths are just a form of powermacs that came earlier. i belive at 400mhz. The names just help deferentiate the different generations of g4 powermacs, nothing more.

The current g4's on apples site are the second fastest g4's ever shipped and are the MDD (Mirrored Double Door, named after the reflective optical drive doors), the fastest was the dual 1.42 MDD but it stopped production when the g5 was released. So yes the powermac would be the latest and greatest (minus the g5 )