Rev. A G4 / G5

[phaeton]

i just wondered what the problems with the rev. a. g4's was. could someone give me a short list?... i'm just a little worried because i already order my g5...

 

[aphexist]

Apple engineers mistakingly embedded exposed shaving razors underneath the upper handles on Revision "A" G4 Powermacs. Do you want to fall victim to another unfortunate oversight? Gives a new meaning to the slang, "bleeding edge."

Wait...keep waiting. Rev. B will be much, much safer. And faster and cheaper and quieter.

 

[cubist]

The first G4's, called "Yikes", were basically blue&white G3's with a G4 chip plopped into their Zif sockets. They had slow bus speeds, but I think they worked OK.

I don't think the current G5's are like that at all. This is a true redesign (as Sawtooth was). If they had kludged the G5 chip into an MDD, that would have been a true Rev. A design.

 

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by cubist
The first G4's, called "Yikes", were basically blue&white G3's with a G4 chip plopped into their Zif sockets. They had slow bus speeds, but I think they worked OK.

I don't think the current G5's are like that at all. This is a true redesign (as Sawtooth was). If they had kludged the G5 chip into an MDD, that would have been a true Rev. A design.

That's partly right. The lowest of the three models was a Yikes (400 then 350) but the other two were Sawtooth 450 and 500 then 400 and 450) models with the enhanced system controller and faster system throughput.

 

[RandomDeadHead]

My rev. A G4 ordeal was a nightmare.
It went through 4 logic boards in 5 months. It never was quite right, and that's after ordering a 400 mhz one and recieving a 350 mhz one. Yikes indeed!


But my past experance has not kept me from ordering five dulies for my office, these new ones seem far better than the rev. A g4's did.