Forgot to update this, but the mini did come, and it is in beautiful condition. It barely yellowed if any at all, but it doesn't have an airport card or HDD. I have it all hooked up waiting for the PSU, which will be here Wednesday, in my room with all my computers attached to it via a 5-port Ethernet switch. I took the old SuperDrive out of my MacBook because I didn't need it anymore with the SATA drive, so I stuck it into the mini and it should be a whole lot better than the previous combo drive (not to mention lighter as well!) Here are some pictures;
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If you are looking to upgrade that Linksys switch to an 8 port gigabit model then I highly recommend the TRENDNet TEG-S80G!
I use them at the school and they handle substantial loads fine and never once gave me a reliability issue plus they come with a great warranty!
Here's an update on this Mini...
It appears to be working fine, I stuck a 10.5 install disk in, and it loaded up fine, but being that I don't have a laptop-sized PATA drive for it, I have nothing to install it to. My SATA/IDE/PATA to USB is having issues being detected in Disk Utility, and I've been too busy to try and figure out why, so the Mini has just been sitting unused on my desk under my monitor riser, which will likely be it's home.
It appears to be working fine, I stuck a 10.5 install disk in, and it loaded up fine, but being that I don't have a laptop-sized PATA drive for it, I have nothing to install it to. My SATA/IDE/PATA to USB is having issues being detected in Disk Utility, and I've been too busy to try and figure out why, so the Mini has just been sitting unused on my desk under my monitor riser, which will likely be it's home.
Man throws me back to memories of my mini. 1.33GHz model with no bluetooth or wireless. If I ever buy another G4 mini, I won't make the mistake of getting one without those two features built in. 2 USB ports just isn't enough!
Oh and trying to get Leopard on mine was a mess. Darn thing had a CD drive. Ended up using FireWire with my iMac G5 iSight to get it working!
Oh and trying to get Leopard on mine was a mess. Darn thing had a CD drive. Ended up using FireWire with my iMac G5 iSight to get it working!
Yeah, sadly mine doesn't have BT/Wireless. However, it does have a Combo drive. I tired sticking my 2008 MB's SuperDrive in, but it was too short, so the screws wouldn't line up right, and it wouldn't stay plugged in, so I had to put the Combo drive back in.