[G4] OK, I'll bite

[Michael L. Brown]

Go to AppleCare Knowledge Base Article ID: 58418, Power Mac G4: How 
to Differentiate Between Models."

URL is http://docs.info.apple.com./article.html?artnum=58418 .

The Yikes (Model M7631) is a modified G3, has PCI graphics, and needs 
a PCI card to decode DVD movies and kind of an orphan child. The 
Sawtooth (Model M66921) has AGP graphics and will software decode DVD 
movie with DVD Player. I have the next in the series, the Sawtooth 
with AGP graphics and Gigabit Ethernet, modified with and additional 
hard drive, PowerLogix PMG4-1000 MHz processor upgrade and a Radeo 
8500. The is probably the most flexible of the early G4s and 
preferred because of its ease of upgrade... and you don't have to 
mess with digital audio and all the USB related problems.

Mike

>So how does one determine whether a G4 is a Yikes or a Sawtooth?  I 
>bought a G4
>400 from a pawn shop, and I can't tell.  Is there a definitive way to tell?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>-Lavode

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