Hi Airport Extreme cards are all the same. If you have one that has it BTO (built to order), then this is something different and one newer Intel machines is a small board on the inside and not a physical card like the one Jim has.
The card Jim has is I presume a silver card which is user installable. The original Airport card was used in G3 iBooks and G3 PowerBooks (Pismo) as well as PowerBook G4 Titaniums, early eMacs (700 and nVidia 800Mhz), iMac G3 (slot loaders with additional Airport bracket), iMac G4 (upto 800Mhz), PowerMac G4 (AGP graphics 'Sawtooth up to the August 2002 Mirror Door). Airport Extreme cards were used in machine models after those mentioned above, inc: PowerBook G4 Aluminums, iBook G4, eMac ATI 800Mhz and above, iMac G4 1Ghz and above, PowerMac G4 Mirror Door FW800 and above. PowerMac G5. Plus PowerPC Mac Minis. All Intel machines have built in Airport Extreme on a mini card as mentioned above. Some of the very last PowerPC models also had it built in via a mini card. So in short, the Airport Extreme card Jim has from his iMac G4 will fit, so will one from the above machines I listed. Hope this helps. Simon On 25 Jul 2009, at 21:23, Jim Scott wrote: > > >>> On Jul 25, 2:51 am, williamd <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I would like to add an airport card to my G4 imac, 1.0ghz, 15-inch, >>>> usb 2.0 model. As i understand it i need an "Airport Express" card, >>>> but is there more than one of these? I see many listings for use on >>>> Mac laptops- would this be the same card? >>> >>>> bill > > According to this Apple web page > <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2256?viewlocale=en_US >> , your USB 2.0 iMac requires a standard Airport Extreme card. The > one in my hand I pulled out of my 17" iMac G4 with USB 2.0 is about > 1-7/8" wide by 2-5/16" long. The model number is A1027 and that's > written on the "front" above the Airport Extreme lettering. > > Yes, there are a variety of Airport Extreme form factors in Apple > laptops, including some that include bluetooth as well as wi-fi > capabilities. You want the one I describe. > > HTH, > > Jim Scott > > > > Simon Royal --- Visit my Mac site at http://www.simonroyal.co.uk. Or Skype me on 'Simon-Royal'. (Apple PowerBook G4 867Mhz, 1GB RAM, 80GB HD, SuperDrive. Mac OSX 10.5, 10.4 & 9.2.2...) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
