MAC POWERBOOK G4 POWER SUPPLY MAC OS X
MAC POWERBOOK G4 POWER SUPPLY MAC OS
MAC POWERBOOK G4 POWER SUPPLY INSTALL
MAC POWERBOOK G4 POWER SUPPLY UPDATE

for CPU upgrades, see our Guide to Power Mac G4 Upgrades.

4x Combo drive upgrade, MCE Technologies, $249.

$329 if replacing CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, or CD-RW drive $279 if replacing Combo drive or SuperDrive.

4x SuperDrive DVD±RW upgrade, MCE Technologies.

two 12 Mbps USB ports for keyboard, mouse, and peripherals.

two 400 Mbps FireWire ports (one internal).

DVD-ROM standard, CD-RW became available on 2001.02.22.

See How big a hard drive can I put in my iMac, eMac, or Power Mac? for your options. Maximum IDE drive size is 128 GB without third-party support.

Hard drive: 20 GB 5400 rpm Ultra ATA/66 with 30, 40, and 60 GB options.

Video, optional: ATI Radeon with 32 MB of VRAM Nvidia GeForce2 MX with 32 MB VRAM.

Video: ATI Rage 128 Pro in AGP 2x slot (was Rage 128 prior to December 1999) supports resolutions to 1920 x 1200 with 32-bit support, VGA and ADC connectors, and digital video output.

RAM: 64 MB standard, expandable to 1.5 GB using PC100 SDRAM (3.3V,unbuffered, 64-bit, 168-pin, 100 MHz) in 3 DIMM slots.

G4), in mid-April 2001 Apple switched the 500 MHz Cube to the cooler running 7410

MAC POWERBOOK G4 POWER SUPPLY UPDATE

Latest Firmware: Power Mac G4 Cube Firmware Update 4.1.9 (bad link).

MAC POWERBOOK G4 POWER SUPPLY MAC OS

CD-RW version requires Mac OS 9.1 or later.

Requires Mac OS 9.0.4 through OS X 10.4 Tiger 10.5 Leopard is not officially supported but will run.

MAC POWERBOOK G4 POWER SUPPLY MAC OS X

Our Tiger Group is for those using Mac OS X 10.4.

Our Panther Group is for those using Mac OS X 10.3.

Our Jaguar Group is for those using Mac OS X 10.2.

Our Puma Group is for those using Mac OS X 10.1.

Our Mac OS 9 Group is for those using Mac OS 9, either natively or in Classic Mode.

Got a G3, G4, or G5 Power Mac? Join our G-List Group.

MAC POWERBOOK G4 POWER SUPPLY INSTALL

To install this firmware update, you must boot into Mac OS 9.1-9.2.2 from a writable partition The newest version for the Power Mac G4 Cube is Power Mac G4 Cube Firmware Update 4.1.9, which is only for the Cube. You should have the most recent firmware installed in your Power Mac G4. Apple VP Phil Schiller stated: “Cube owners love their Cubes, but most customers decided to buy our powerful Power Mac G4 minitowers instead.” Apple wouldn’t provide a desktop with as small a footprint and G4 power until it introduced the Mac mini in 2005.Īpproximately 150,000 Cubes were sold before Apple decided to “suspend production of the Power Mac G4 Cube indefinitely” in July 2001, just a year after it had been introduced. In the final analysis, the Cube may have been the most computing power available in such a small amount of space at the time – and various 1 GHz and faster single- and dual-processor upgrades offer far more power than the original G4. The Cube supports both digital and VGA displays using the same ATI video subsystem as the Power Mac – and it’s on a 2x AGP slot, making it possible for serious gamers to replace the video card with something even better.īest of all, the Cube shipped with Apple’s incredible optical mouse, where the entire mouse acts as a button, and the 108-key keyboard, eliminating the need to immediately buy a better mouse and keyboard (which many iMac and G4 owners had been doing).Īll the ports are on the bottom of the computer, although the DVD drive is unique in loading from the top. The hard drive, ports, and AirPort antenna are all built into the Cube, but the power supply and twin Harman Kardon spherical speakers are external. Like the iMac, the Cube is a quiet fanless machine cooled by convection.

Just 7.7″ square and a bit under 10″ tall – about the same height at the 2013 Mac Pro, but with a larger footprint – the Cube does everything the iMac DV does (except contain a monitor) – but with the same 450 MHz G4 processor as the Sawtooth Power Macintosh G4.

Stunningly compact, the Power Mac (not Macintosh) G4 Cube came as a surprise, despite numerable contradictory rumors.

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