I agree, limiting memory capacity to 1GB on Macmini G4 is very much crippling the system, however if you like to do simple tasks under Tiger, and browse the internet it is more than capable. People tend to linstall Leopard and I think that should even lower available memory. I got mine with wireless card and bluetooth. I also have a superdrive which is having problems, it will only reads Apple CD/DVDs and nothing else! I upgraded the firmware but no luck. Any ideas? - Sorry for changing the subject here.
Overall its a fine little machine and I still like to use it. On Feb 23, 2012, at 6:50 AM, Eleni wrote: > Hope that you did not get the one with the liquid cooling system. These tend > to leek and die. I personally like to use abandon ware from Classic Mac, and > because I am also conscious of the fact that certain PowerMacs can waste lot > of electric power (400-550Watt) I love the Mac mini G4. Under Tiger I can > run lots of free abandon ware from Macintosh Garden, and it consumes only up > to 85W! You can install Leopard if you like, and having a firewire you can > use lots of external HDs in a chain if you choose to. Although you only have > two USB ports, you can pair it with wireless keyboard and mouse and still > have two unused USB ports. Check this video if you want: > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3HBP5Jea7U&feature=plcp&context=C3d6f01fUDOEgsToPDskL75FoA5QgOZ5HUS3_Q2gQ6 > > Any ideas or comments are welcomed. > > > On Feb 20, 2012, at 2:55 PM, Mark Langthorne wrote: > >> I got my G5 from the same guy off eBay "fatfreddie2004". It came quick >> and had a lot of software pre installed on it. >> >> On Feb 17, 2:49 pm, Avid_Fan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello All! >>> >>> I am in the market to upgrade to a Power Mac G5. I'm the proud owner >>> of a G4 MDD Dual 867. I got a little stung by the fan noise issue >>> which I did not know about at the time. Now I'm about to go for a G5 >>> are there any quirks between the various models I should know about? >>> I'm looking at G5 Dual Processor machines from 2Ghz and up. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Evan >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list >> > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
