Powermac G4 Compatibility Question

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Name: kevinc5680
Date: April 4, 2006 at 06:07:52 Pacific
Subject: Powermac G4 Compatibility Question
OS: Mac OS X 10.0.3
CPU/Ram: 256 RAM
Model/Manufacturer: Apple Powermac G4

Comment:

I'm buying my first Mac and I found a Powermac G4 450mhz on Ebay at a great price. My question is will my Proview 986 19 Inch Monitor work with this system? I have the DVI to VGA adapter already, but I'm not sure if the Powermac G4 will work with this monitor and I'd appreciate any feedback.

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Response Number 1

Name: bobw
Date: April 6, 2006 at 12:52:04 Pacific
Subject: Powermac G4 Compatibility Question

Reply: (edit)

The G4/450 has a VGA or DVD-D connection.

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Response Number 2

Name: jel
Date: April 10, 2006 at 16:05:13 Pacific
Subject: Powermac G4 Compatibility Question

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it should workj if you have the connection
jel

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Response Number 3

Name: forevermac
Date: April 19, 2006 at 16:28:54 Pacific
Subject: Powermac G4 Compatibility Question

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yep, it'll work via svga
<url>http://www.forevermac.com</url>for all your Refurbed mac kit in the UK

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Response Number 4

Name: chairman21
Date: June 8, 2006 at 15:03:05 Pacific
Subject: Powermac G4 Compatibility Question

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the lynch pin of your dilema is really at what resolution it
will work (ie how much RAM does it have). it IS worth
buying a 32mb RAM video card if you don't already have
this. your 450 will run best on 10.3, but at a push can do
10.4
both versions have version tracker to tell you info about
your graphics card. i recently put a 32mb graphics card in
a 450 and it made a big difference.
the card is:
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX:
Chipset Model: GeForce2 MX
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
VRAM (Total): 32 MB
and it runs a 23" Apple Display. Oh the pleasure of it all...

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Response Number 5

Name: chairman21
Date: June 8, 2006 at 15:06:01 Pacific
Subject: Powermac G4 Compatibility Question

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sorry, not version tracker but System Profiler (about this mac
or Utilitites folder - in OS 9 in the Apple Menu)

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