In article <Pine.SOC.4.64.0807091157470.28141@ubunix2.acsu.buffalo.edu>, Michael L Kankiewicz <michaelk@buffalo.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008, Mike Rosenberg wrote: > > > Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com> wrote: > > > >> The MDDs could boot 9. > > > > Not the FW800 models Apple introduced in January, 2003. These included a > > dual 1.25 GHz model, so it's possible the OP has one of these. > > Thanks everyone, OP here. Above could be the problem. How do I know if > it's a MDD or a FW? I can't find either designation anywhere on it. The > model # is M8570, which doesn't seem to match up with either at > everymac.com.
Bizarrely, the 8570 appears to designate *both* models. But there's hope, implied in the official names of the machines.
In the last decade or so, when Apple named a new variant of a machine, they gave it a name that referenced some reliable point of differentiation from the model that was replaced. If you've got a FW800 port, you've got the "G4 (FW800)" rather than the "G4 (MDD)."
"The simplest way to differentiate the Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors) and the Power Mac G4 (FW 800) is by looking at the FireWire ports. The FW 800 will have three FireWire ports while the Mirrored Drive Doors model will have two (see Figure 1)."
-- "Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ... burning?" - Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix
