[G4] SCSI and Mac G5

John Haffner jhaffner at merithr.com
Mon Jun 23 15:55:14 PDT 2003


Hi Drew,

You want the Sawtooth. The main difference lies in the design of the 
motherboard. Sawtooth has an AGP graphics slot, while Yikes has a PCI 
graphics slot. The Yikes was an interim release until they could get 
the redesigned motherboard out the door.

Best Regards,

John Haffner


On Monday, June 23, 2003, at 02:07  PM, Drew Taylor wrote:

> Marc Maderi wrote:
>> Hello list,
>> First I have to say that the new G5 looks impressive, but as a bad 
>> user I m having a few disapointments.
>
> Me too. Only 2 internal bays (1 available), and 1 external bay (0 
> available)? Thanks, but I'll pass. Now it's time to look for 
> sawtooth's on ebay. :-) Hopefully everything else will become a bit 
> cheaper now. Did anyone notice that the G4's are now allowed to boot 
> OS 9? And I can get a new one for $1300!
>
> Speaking of which G4's, how can I differentiate among the various G4 
> AGP versions? I think it's a sawtooth I want, but how to make sure it 
> really is one?
>



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