On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 04:37 PM, Wes Matchett wrote: > I have been approached by a neighbor to teach computer skills to their > home > schooled 6th grade daughter. I am a software engineer of 20 years, so > the > subject is comfortable. However, they have both an iMac and a PC. I > am > primarily a PC user but have used various Macs in the course of my > career. > I have no knowledge of the iMac. They own a white iMac model M5521. > My > query is for information on this machine's abilities and standard 'out > of > the box' config. They have not done any upgrades. If there is a web > site > that I can check for this info that would be great, but after a good > deal of > searching I havn't found it. :-( http://www.apple.com/support/ then use the "specifications" link.
> Also, they are interested in adding some sort of peripheral to allow > saving > of school work to floppy or CD. I am assuming that the standard CD > currently installed is read-only, but I may be wrong. They don't have > any > idea. So, advice toward that goal is also welcome. All of the "white" (that's snow in Appleese) iMac I'm aware of, have both USB and Firewire so adding external peripherals is easy. Could be either CD ROM of CD RW, depends on what was specified. It was available with either. A good place to start would be to use the Apple System Profiler, which will tell you everything about it's current configuration. If she has OS 9 or earlier it's in the "Control panels". If it's OS X it's located under the apple icon. Click about this computer, then the "more info" link. Jack Russell -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
