lrbarrios wrote: > 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. :)
Green / Orange - old White - new Why change, probably because white was the, then, newer technology and therefore "cool". > > 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. Models that had a VGA port came with an additional cover with the opening for the port. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
