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April 6th, 2008, 12:50 PM
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| Some G3s support 2.0, but not yours. If they aren't backwards-compatible, they won't work.
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April 6th, 2008, 12:51 PM
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Caveat: USB is a port (several ports, actually), a cable, and a specification. Many USB vendors' products are fully USB-compliant. However, some vendors do not fully support the specification. FWIW, there is no correlation between the price of the product and the level of USB-specification support. |
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April 6th, 2008, 03:37 PM
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| The issue isn't how the port is setup, it's how much data the port is designed to handle. Most 2.0 devices will work slowly on a 1.1 port.
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April 6th, 2008, 03:41 PM
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| oh thanks! You think the computers video card can handle youtube and like small video clips? Cause i heard it can't. Idk any about computers really if you notice. lol. thanks for helping me out! i really appreciate it. |
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April 6th, 2008, 06:09 PM
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| Technically it can, but with large files, or youtube, it will be very slow/choppy.
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April 6th, 2008, 06:49 PM
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April 6th, 2008, 07:05 PM
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| Well, it's not a bad Mac for what it is, but you can't expect from it what you would expect from a more modern computer. Again, it would be like expecting a 233 MHz Pentium II from the late 90s (which is about the time that iMac was released) with similar specs to run Windows XP with IE 6 or 7, and view most of the "Web 2.0" stuff like YouTube and other sites. It's just not going to be a realistic solution. But for a basic system for basic internet and e-mail usage under OS 9 (maybe OS X), it's not all that bad. If you're willing to spend a little more, get yourself a used Power Macintosh G4 that will allow you to install a PCI or AGP video card that IS supported under Core Image. The G4 with the Altivec multimedia extensions will also improve your media experience, even on an first or second generation Power Macintosh G4.
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