Re: Just got my first apple desktop!

2010-10-05 Thread yolee
Me too Bryan! I love the old PC's and for my birthday, I got an Power Mac G4 pc that was being recycled from my best friend's university! It has of course no hard drive, RAM or video card so I am really starting from scatch. I had an older NVIDIA gFORCE 2MX 200 video card and found sound blaster

Re: Just got my first apple desktop!

2010-10-05 Thread dc
On Oct 5, 6:54 am, yolee yo...@hotmail.com wrote: I am contacting Apple because i am hoping they can help me figure out the specs on the CPUbecause I don't see anytihng anywhere. I am hoping they can give me that info by the serial/model number on the card and then start building! You might

Re: Just got my first apple desktop!

2010-10-05 Thread JoeTaxpayer
The one upgrade these puppies need is a USB 2.0 card. The good news is they are pretty cheap, $10 or less, just be sure it's 2.0. I am a big MDD G4 fan myself, beautiful machine. On Oct 4, 10:18 pm, bryan adkins bryancor...@gmail.com wrote: I just scooped up a power mac G4 dual 1.25 I am stoked!

Re: Just got my first apple desktop!

2010-10-05 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/10/05 16:20, JoeTaxpayer wrote: I am a big MDD G4 fan myself, beautiful machine. Are the MDDs really as loud as their 'Wind Tunnel' nickname would suggest? How loud are they compared to a PM G5 with fans at full speed? Tina -- You received this message because you are a member of

Re: Just got my first apple desktop!

2010-10-05 Thread glen
On Oct 5, 6:54 am, yolee yo...@hotmail.com wrote: I am contacting Apple because i am hoping they can help me figure out the specs on the CPUbecause I don't see anytihng anywhere. I am hoping they can give me that info by the serial/model number on the card and then start building!

Re: Just got my first apple desktop!

2010-10-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 5, 2010, at 3:28 PM, Tina K. wrote: On 2010/10/05 16:20, JoeTaxpayer wrote: I am a big MDD G4 fan myself, beautiful machine. Are the MDDs really as loud as their 'Wind Tunnel' nickname would suggest? How loud are they compared to a PM G5 with fans at full speed? The earliest ones

Re: Just got my first apple desktop!

2010-10-05 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/10/05 16:58, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 5, 2010, at 3:28 PM, Tina K. wrote: On 2010/10/05 16:20, JoeTaxpayer wrote: I am a big MDD G4 fan myself, beautiful machine. Are the MDDs really as loud as their 'Wind Tunnel' nickname would suggest? How loud are they compared to a PM

Re: Just got my first apple desktop!

2010-10-05 Thread Jonas Ulrich
You can install CHUD tools to make it quieter. Trust me it works very well. -Jonas -- 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

Re: Just got my first apple desktop!

2010-10-05 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Oct 5, 2010, at 7:43 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: You can install CHUD tools to make it quieter. Trust me it works very well. -Jonas Hey, Jonas is there chud tools for leopard 10.5.8? I tried to install it, but it's not in the preferences window where it was in tiger? where is it?

Re: Just got my first apple desktop!

2010-10-05 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Hmmm... Did you try the version that works for Tiger? I don't have my MDD anymore, and when I did I ran Tiger on it, so I'm not sure about CHUD tools for Leopard. -Jonas On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Jeffrey Engle macgu...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 5, 2010, at 7:43 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote:

Just got my first apple desktop!

2010-10-04 Thread bryan adkins
I just scooped up a power mac G4 dual 1.25 I am stoked! Just letting everyone know how happy I am and how cool it is that people are still rocking the old but useful gear, keep it up! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5