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Power Mac G4 Includes setup and expansion information for Power Mac G4 and Macintosh Server G4 computers. K Apple Computer, Inc. Using AirPort Wireless Networking 47 Putting the Computer to Sleep to Save Energy 48 Attaching SCSI Devices to Your Computer 49. Mac Compatibility. Power Mac® G5 (with PCI or PCI-X slots) Power Mac G4. OS X® 10.5 or 10.4. PC Compatibility. PC desktop (with PCI or PCI-X slots) Windows® 8, 7, Vista®, XP (SP2) Technical Notes. Your system's actual performance may vary based on distance between Aria Extreme N PCI and base station, connection rate, location conditions. Took a gamble with this - picked up a bargain HP Z2 Mini G4 workstation. Unfortunately this is the 'base model' which doesn't accept CPUs with a TDP over 65W, but can't complain for £375. No dGPU - just the UHD 630. Added 512GB SSD, 32Gb RAM, eBa Broadcom BT/wifi card & i9-9900 once I got it working with Clover. Dual boot with Win 10.
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Wifi For Mac G4 Pro
On 18/02/2013 17:00, Jon B wrote:Hi Thanks Jon. I was a bit wary of the PCI card route because as you
> JohnB <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have inherited a late-2005 G5 Power mac that has no airport card. I
>> realise it would require an airport card with a special adapter and
>> these are a bit rare and expensive and as it is only going to need
>> occasional connection I don't want to spend a fortune on it. It will be
>> sited upstairs and a long way from the router - so don't want to run cable.
>>
>> So can anyone recommend a plug in USB wifi adapter (N) that they know
>> works on this Mac - think it's on 10.5 at the moment.
>>
> Usually for those there's a PCI card
>
> <http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wireless-WiFi-11n-PCI-E-Card-Mac-Pro-G5-Airpo
> rt-300Mbps-/370378756710>
> appears to be the ticket, most of them work out of the box with the
> Airport software.
>
well know in G4's it's critical on the chip set whether they work at all
and with only a subset of those working with Airport software and then
dependent OS the Mac OS.
So... this looks OK (albeit it's in Hong Kong) but have you ever
installed and tested one ?
I was contemplating this USB one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Technologies-802-11N-150Mbps-Wireless-Compatible/dp/B0035FVL4G/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1361205380&sr=1-1
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JohnB