On Sep 27, 2008, at 12:37 PM, Tom wrote: > Is there any significant difference between the G4 733s? There is a G4 > 733 Digital Audio in a blue/gray case, and a G4 733 Quicksilver in a > silver case, and I've looked over the specs on Everymac.com and don't > really see much difference between the two. Why did Apple put the same > processor in two different towers?
There are significant differences in all the late G4s ... including Gigabit Ethernets and all after ... although all except the Quicksilvers apparently share the same case. Almost every change in the basic model was accompanied by a corresponding change in the PSU, although the processors may have remained essentially the same. In the end, there was a final change during the Digital Audio to Quicksilver transition, wherein the processor itself was changed to embrace a new processor powering scheme (the case was significantly changed, too). Processors on 100 MHz bus machines are largely interchangeable. Processors on 133 MHz bus machines are somewhat interchangeable, the basic rules for such interchangeability are: 1) a Quicksilver processor may be installed on a Digital Audio provided you supply +12 volts to the processor card through a separate cable, and 2) a Digital Audio processor may not be installed on a Quicksilver. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
