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harryb
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Re:What kind of G4 do I have??? - 2009/06/24 23:42 It is either a Quicksilver 1GHz DP see this:-

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/stats/powermac_g4_1ghz_dp_qs.html

or if it does not look like that on the front, it may well be a MDD model, which is later and faster, and looks like this:-

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/stats/powermac_g4_1.0_dp_mdd.html

You can find out this information by going to 'Apple' in this forums menu bar, above the advertisement bar, clicking on Apple, Power Mac G4 and selection the various models listed by processor speed.

You can install a large internal drive, any IDE will do the trick, do not buy a SATA drive as they fit in G5's.I f you go to another site, xlr8yourmac.com there are 'how tos' on installing new or additional hard drives, with photos.

For an external, as your machine is a PowerPC (PPC) look for a Firewire external case, and pop again an IDE drive in and connect by Firewire, as your machine comes with Firewire 400 standard. May be an idea to pop say a 250/500GB HDD inside and use the current internal in the external case.

If you keep a copy of your Operating System on the external, it will be bootable using Firewire. A utility such as SuperDuper will back up the system for you.

You need to make sure you keep the internal drive about 15% empty for the drive to work at its peak.

Post edited by: harryb, at: 2009/06/24 23:44

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