Tags : PowerMac

Installing Mac OS X Tiger on PowerMac G4

We have on occasion tested the limits of Apple hardware and have always been amazed by its longevity. In keeping with Apple’s latest Mac OS. Who would’ve imagined that a PowerMac G4 400MHz which was originally released on Apple’s OS 9 platform, can still until today run not only Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger but […]Read More

Thermal Pads – Ant Food?

Every computer that houses a processor, will have some form of thermal compound to wick heat away from the processor’s core to a heatsink or heat pipesthat conduct the heat generated by the processor’s core out of the unit. Whether its a portable or a desktop. Macs are no exceptions. Now, the interesting thing that we would like to […]Read More

PowerBook, Resetting Power Management Unit (PMU)

If you press the power button on your Mac portable and it fails to power up, it can be due to a misbehaving Power Management Unit (PMU). One of the self-help remedies is to reset the PMU and in most models of Mac portables from the iBook G3 line onwards, this can be done simply by pressing […]Read More

Intel-Based Macs By Early January 2006

Following our recent article, Apple Hardware | The PowerBook Development Life-Cycle, Appleinsider reports that next generation Intel-based Macs are slated for launch as early as January 2006 during January’s Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Beginning with Intel-based iMacs and PowerBooks which represent the mainstay of Apple’s hardware product offerings. Among some of the latest developments rumoured on […]Read More

Apple Desktops And Portables Takes PC Magazine’s Reader’s Choice Awards

We’re pretty sure Steve has more reason to smile these days; Apple’s range of desktops and portables have scorched the competition. In this year’s PC magazine survey for desktops and portables, Apple wins hands down in both categories. “Once again, Apple achieves scores that are far and away the highest for all vendors in our survey, […]Read More

Quad-Core Processing PowerMac G5’s

19 October 2005, is a date to put on your Apple landmark calendar. Its the day Apple introduced its first quad-core processing PowerMac G5. Providing quad-core processing with two 2.5 GHz dual-core PowerPC G5 processors. All Power Mac G5 models now feature dual-core processors, a new PCI Express architecture and higher performance graphics options including NVIDIA’s Quadro […]Read More