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Q&A Archive - April 2009 @ EveryMac.com

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Is there a Gigabit Ethernet card that works with MacOS 9?

What type of Ethernet is standard in the Power Mac G4 models? What Gigabit Ethernet upgrade options are available?

How many USB and Firewire ports of what type do the Power Mac G4 models have? Can you upgrade the ports to USB 2.0 and Firewire 800?

How do you replace or upgrade the Zip drive in the Power Mac G4 models? Can this drive bay be used for other purposes?

How do you replace or upgrade the optical drive in the Power Mac G4 models? What are the capabilities of the default optical drives? What is DVD-RAM?

How do you replace or upgrade the hard drive in the Power Mac G4 models? How many hard drives of what type are supported? Which models support "big drives"?

How do you upgrade the RAM in the Power Mac G4 models? How much RAM of what type does the Power Mac G4 support? What are the differences in maximum capacity when running MacOS 9 and MacOS X?

How do you add Bluetooth to a Power Mac G4 model without internal support?

What AirPort capabilities are provided by the Power Mac G4 models? How do you install an AirPort module? Can you add 802.11n?

What graphics cards are provided by the Power Mac G4? Which have VGA, ADC, and/or DVI ports? What is the maximum supported resolution on a primary and secondary display?

Is there a "hack" to make MacOS X 10.5 "Leopard" run on unsupported Power Mac G4 models?

Which Power Mac G4 models can boot MacOS 9? Which Power Mac G4 models can only run MacOS 9 applications in the "Classic" Environment?

How long is AT&T Wireless the exclusive iPhone carrier in the US?

Can you purchase the iPhone "unlocked"?

Can you "beam" music, photos, and videos between iPhones? Can you "beam" data files between iPhones?

Does the iPhone Safari web browser support Flash?

Does the iPhone support Java applications?

Can you use the iPhone with an external keyboard?

Does the iPhone support Bluetooth?

Can the iPhone open and allow one to edit Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files?

What are the differences between the education-only "Early 2009" Aluminum iMac Core 2 Duo and the "regular" 20-Inch "Early 2009" iMac?

What are the differences between the education-only "Early 2009" Aluminum iMac Core 2 Duo and the "White" model it replaced?

How much faster are the "Early 2009/Nehalem" Mac Pro models than the "Early 2008" Mac Pro models?

How many PCI slots of what type are provided by the Mac Pro models? How do you add another PCI card?

How do you upgrade the RAM in the 15-Inch "Unibody" MacBook Pro? How much RAM of what type does it support?

How many songs does each iPod, iPod mini, iPod nano, iPod touch, and iPod shuffle hold?

What colors are available for each iPod model?

Which iPods can sync and charge via USB? Which iPods can sync and charge via Firewire?

What processor does the iPod, iPod mini, iPod nano, iPod touch, and iPod shuffle use?

What are the minimum system requirements for the iPod? Will the iPod work with my computer?

What are the Apple model numbers for every iPod, iPod mini, iPod nano, iPod touch, and iPod shuffle?

Which Power Mac G5 models have PCI, PCI-X, and PCI Express slots? How many PCI slots of what speed does each Power Mac G5 have? How do you install a PCI card?

What are the capabilities of the "SuperDrive" provided by the Power Mac G5? How do you upgrade or replace the optical drive?

How many hard drives of what type are supported in the Power Mac G5? How do you replace the drive or add another one? Are there third-party products to use more drives than are "officially" supported?

How much RAM of what type does the Power Mac G5 support? Which models have four RAM slots and which models have eight RAM slots? How do you upgrade the RAM?


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