Re: what do I have?

2009-02-26 Thread Jack Countryman
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html On 2/26/09 4:54 PM, "Bruce Johnson" wrote: > > > On Feb 26, 2009, at 1:27 PM, insightinmind wrote: > >> >>> there's specs on a sticker on the back of any of these.

Re: what do I have?

2009-02-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 26, 2009, at 1:27 PM, insightinmind wrote: > >> there's specs on a sticker on the back of any of these. also a >> "family >> number" beginning with M (follwed by around 4 numerals) that you can >> google for more information. >> > > > There's a special website where you can input one of

Re: what do I have?

2009-02-26 Thread Peter McCourt
On 26 Feb 2009, at 21:27, insightinmind wrote: > >> there's specs on a sticker on the back of any of these. also a >> "family >> number" beginning with M (follwed by around 4 numerals) that you can >> google for more information. >> > > > There's a special website where you can input one of th

Re: what do I have?

2009-02-26 Thread insightinmind
> there's specs on a sticker on the back of any of these. also a "family > number" beginning with M (follwed by around 4 numerals) that you can > google for more information. > There's a special website where you can input one of those numbers on the back, and it will tell you what machine you

Re: what do I have?

2009-02-26 Thread Chuck
what's "the start-up window?". never seen it, despite having worked on more than 150 g3 and g4 machines, the G3 case is either : 1/ {a light beige color.older "beige G3" } , or : 2/ {a slightly greenish, translucent blue with translucent white. AKA "blue and white G3"}. the early G4 cas

Re: what do I have?

2009-02-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 26, 2009, at 4:09 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: > > I teach at several elementary schools. At one of my schools I have > what appears to be a G4, (looks like a B&W G3 enclosure), but when I > start the computer, it says: G3 with PCI graphics in the start-up > window. > > If I do an "ab

Re: what do I have?

2009-02-26 Thread insightinmind
On Feb 26, 2009, at 6:09 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: > > I teach at several elementary schools. At one of my schools I have > what appears to be a G4, (looks like a B&W G3 enclosure), but when I > start the computer, it says: G3 with PCI graphics in the start-up > window. > > If I do an "abou

Re: what do I have?

2009-02-26 Thread Cyrus
Also, if it's running any version of OS 9, any custom picture can be placed in the startup window, so I would trust the system profiler. If it's grey and a dark blue-grey color, then it's probably a G4, with a misleading startup graphic, and if it's bright blue with milky white plastic, then it's

Re: what do I have?

2009-02-26 Thread Peter McCourt
On 26 Feb 2009, at 12:09, Lawrence David Eden wrote: > > I teach at several elementary schools. At one of my schools I have > what appears to be a G4, (looks like a B&W G3 enclosure), but when I > start the computer, it says: G3 with PCI graphics in the start-up > window. > > If I do an "about

what do I have?

2009-02-26 Thread Lawrence David Eden
I teach at several elementary schools. At one of my schools I have what appears to be a G4, (looks like a B&W G3 enclosure), but when I start the computer, it says: G3 with PCI graphics in the start-up window. If I do an "about this Mac" I am told that it is a 450mhz G4. What gives? --~--~