Firewire was added after they all became slot-loading, so you will find some slot-loading without Firewire, but every Firewire will be slot-loading. I never listen to the default RAM config - every unit needs RAM enhancement, but not at Apple prices!
--Don On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]>wrote: > > In addition to FireWire, the other distinction seems to be > tray-loading vs slot-loading CD: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_G3 > > And while the slot-loaders were faster than earlier versions, they are > still pretty minimal: 64 MB was default amount of RAM. > > Regards, > - Robert > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Don Ellis <[email protected]> wrote: > > One thing to check on is whether they are Firewire equipped. That was a > > milestone, after which the units were MUCH more versatile (can connect > fast > > external drives, etc), and also were much faster units that what went > > before. > > Most of the used G3 iMacs I've seen have NOT been Firewire. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
