On Dec 7, 2008, at 9:04 AM, Jack Countryman wrote:

>
> Note that the slots on the g5 towers are PCI-e format...not the  
> older PCI,
> so you loose the use of your old cards on either machine (the iMac  
> has no
> card slots at all).  Note also that the G5 and Intel towers all use  
> SATA
> drives so unless you have a sata controller card in your g4, none of  
> your
> drives will 'just plug in' either.  This is especially true with the  
> iMac
> which has no slots or extra drive bays to 'plug in' to.  As such,  
> plan on
> leaving your current g4 setup to run those drives/cards as a second  
> machine
> for the times when you need that hardware.
>
>>

All of the G5 towers except for the the last generation are PCI  
compatible (Yes, pci-x is backwards compatible)
and an external HD enclosure (FW800) takes care of the drives... Jeff

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