Tom, I had the same question several months ago. With that generation of Macs, you have to look at the external configuration of plugs at the back of the machine to tell the differences. For example, the video or sound plugs/ports. On some models they are vertical and on others horizontal. I couldn't tell if mine was a gigabit ethernet or not. In my case I had to look at the video plugs. Mine had DVI as well as VGA ports. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58418 Bill