This isn't really a problem; I was just curious. Right now, I'm sitting in front of two iMac G3's. One is a 400MHz Indigo, the other a 400MHz Graphite. I realize that just because they are both 400MHz doesn't necessarily mean that they were produced during the same production run. Looking at the iMac G3 Wikipedia page, it shows that there was some overlapping of the processor speeds from one production run to another. The best that I can tell (from stickers on the bottoms of the machines) the Indigo was made in 2000 (that would make it a Summer 2000 machine -- they didn't make the Indigo prior to that) and the Graphite was manufactured in 1999.
Here's the question part... When the iMacs are powered on, why are the power buttons different colors? The Graphite has a green light when powered on and the Indigo has a white light. Furthermore, when the Graphite sleeps, it 'winks' with an orange light, while the Indigo continues to 'wink' with a white light. Were there other changes to the power button throughout product? Why the change in the first place? Personally, I prefer the white anyway, so the change was for the good. :) But wait!! There's more!! I also noticed that the cover for the VGA port is different. On the Indigo, the VGA port is accessible because there's a whole in the little 'access door'. On the Graphite, you have to remove (or at least open) this door to gain access to the VGA port. I'm sure I'm not the first person to notice this, but it just struck me as odd and I had to throw this out there. Maybe someone has some insight into this. Lonnie. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
