What's the largest Mac ever built?

lucaluca
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I'm pretty sure it's the Quadra 900/950 and Workgroup Server 95/9150. Is this correct? I do know the Network Server 700 was larger (about twice as wide, just as deep and a little shorter), but it wasn't really a Mac because it didn't run Mac OS.



On a side note, I calculated that 25 12" iBooks could fit inside the Quadra 900/950 case, and 52 could fit inside the Network Server 700 case.

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  • Reply 1 of 11
    pixelpusherpixelpusher Posts: 73member
    What about the Daystar Genesis? That was ****ing enormous! 10 drive bays, 6 PCI slots, 12 memory slots......
  • Reply 1 of 11
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    Xserve is clearly the widest mac



    Workgroup server 9500 was probably the biggest cubic volume



    and if we cheat the definition to include non-contiguous physical hardware then you might make a case for some networked render farms acting as the "largest mac". any pixar or ilm folks like to comment on the number of processors they managed to gang?
  • Reply 3 of 11
    kecksykecksy Posts: 1,002member
    Okay, but what's the smallest Mac ever built? Not weight, but size. Original Mac? The Cube?
  • Reply 4 of 11
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    newton



    methinks the pb100 was smaller than the japanese-only 2400 but we'd have to fold them origami style to really measure



    and if we skip the monitor... the <a href="http://www.cupertino.de/data/ads/I_II/ad_apple_I_intro_l.jpg"; target="_blank">Apple I - only $666.66 with 4k of RAM</a>



    [ 08-20-2002: Message edited by: curiousuburb ]</p>
  • Reply 5 of 11
    kecksykecksy Posts: 1,002member
    The PB2400 wasn't Japanese only. There was just a Japanese only model that featured 240MHz 603ev CPU.
  • Reply 6 of 11
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    According to apple-history.com:



    Quadra 900/950, WGS 95/9150: 18.6" H x 8.9" W x 20.6" D, volume is 3410 cubic inches. There was no Workgroup Server 9500, or a workgroup server based on the PowerMac 9500. However, if you are referring to the PowerMac 9500, then here are its dimensions: 16.9" H x 7.7" W x 15.75" D, total volume is 2050 cubic inches. These are the dimensions for the Daystar Genesis: 21" H x 8.5" W x 22" D

    Total volume is 3927 cubic inches. The PowerMac 9600 was 17.3" H x 9.7" W x 17.3" D, for a volume of 2903 cubic inches. Finally, the Umax SuperMac S900 is 17.25" H x 7" W x 17.5" D, for a volume of 2113 cubic inches.



    Daystar Genesis: 3927 cubic inches

    Quadra 900/950: 3410 cubic inches

    PowerMac 9600: 2903 cubic inches

    Umax SuperMac S900: 2113 cubic inches

    PowerMac 9500: 2050



    As for the smallest - the Newton is not included because it's not a Mac



    PowerBook 100: 1.8" H x 11" W x 8.5" D, total volume 168.3 cubic inches

    All Duos: 1.4" H x 10.9" W x 8.5" D, total volume 129.7 cubic inches

    PowerBook 2400: 1.9" H x 10.5" W x 10.5" D, total volume 209.5 cubic inches

    Dual-USB iBook: 1.35" H x 11.2" W x 9.1" D, total volume 137.6 cubic inches

    PowerBook G4: 1" H x 13.4" W x 9.5" D, total volume 127.3 cubic inches



    So the smallest Mac is the PowerBook G4, and the largest was the DayStar Genesis. Unless there's another desktop clone that's larger than the Genesis.
  • Reply 7 of 11
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    [quote]Originally posted by curiousuburb:

    <strong>newton

    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    nah, the Newton isn't a Macintosh. That's why he's called Newton.





    Apple Computer, Inc, - The Computer Manufacturer





    Macintosh - The Computer they build (at the moment)





    Apple I - The Computer they started with





    Newton - The first Handheld (a.k.a. PDA)



    ok ?



    [ 08-20-2002: Message edited by: Defiant ]</p>
  • Reply 8 of 11
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Well, although they ran AIX, they were still apple built...



    The Apple Network Servers were pretty damn big. The ANS 700 was a beast of a machine.
  • Reply 9 of 11
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    [quote]Originally posted by Defiant:

    <strong>



    nah, the Newton isn't a Macintosh. That's why he's called Newton.





    Apple Computer, Inc, - The Computer Manufacturer





    Macintosh - The Computer they build (at the moment)





    Apple I - The Computer they started with





    Newton - The first Handheld (a.k.a. PDA)



    ok ?



    [ 08-20-2002: Message edited by: Defiant ]</strong><hr></blockquote>



    gee thanks... been a user since the original Apple II





    luca didn't specify volume, just said largest.

    similarly, once smallest was mentioned and cube (no powersupply or monitor considered, apparently) was proposed, i thought i'd extend the definition a bit to include cpu's with apple logos on 'em (in which case iPod might count).



    if the criteria was purely enclosure of a "Mac OS" box then the apple-history specs are probably correct (BeBox was mid-sized, and Outbacks were bigger than PB)



    now if we considered the end-to-end length of all IC traces... the new duals probably contain a greater absolute amount of "Mac" area (intestines and brains are HUGE if unfolded... more impressive numbers than 'packed' volume or mass)



    and just ask those 14.1" iBook owners if the 12" iBook or the TiBook is "smaller". two answers.



    some measurements say more than others
  • Reply 10 of 11
    wishiwasblackwishiwasblack Posts: 37member
    maybe this??? i dunno

  • Reply 11 of 11
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    That's a Workgroup Server 9150, based on the Quadra 900/950 and Workgroup Server 95 case, but with a built in tape drive and the floppy drive moved down. It also used a PowerPC 601+ processor instead of the 68040.
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