can I use firewire 800?

[AeroBar]

Hi,

in my system profiler under firewire it says : -

FireWire Bus:

Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec

Does this mean that an external hard drive with firewire 800 will be no good to me?
Or does mean that the last firewire device was only capable of 400 mb/sec?

Thanks

 

[SaSaSushi]

If it says 400Mb/s max you don't have a Firewire 800 port on your Mac.

But just to be sure exactly what Mac do you own?

 

[AeroBar]

I think its G4 , but how can I find out for sure?

Thanks.

 

[AeroBar]

Hi,

it's iMac Intel Core 2 Duo

thanks

 

[SaSaSushi]

Hi,

it's iMac Intel Core 2 Duo

thanks

That's the CPU but it could be any number of machines.

Click on About this Mac then More Info and in System Profiler click on Hardware Overview. The bottom entry is your machine's serial number. Copy it and paste it here.

That will not only tell you what model your Mac is (look directly under the picture of the Mac on the left side) but will also show it's warranty status.

Is it an iMac (desktop)? That much you can tell just by looking at it.

 

[OrangeSVTguy]

I don't think any iMac ever shipped with FW800

*edit* the newer aluminum has FW800.

 

[pinback pro]

not just the new imac. my early '08 imac has FW800

 

[AeroBar]

Hello,

I followed that link and all I got was " iMac (20-inch Late 2006) ".

Thanks.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Looks like your iMac was the last iMac model to ship WITHOUT FireWire 800 support, according to this page.

 

[SaSaSushi]

Looks like your iMac was the last iMac model to ship WITHOUT FireWire 800 support, according to this page.

Actually, if he had the late-2006 24-inch iMac those did have Firewire 800. Unfortunately, Firewire 800 was only added to the 20" iMacs when they changed to the aluminum case design in August, 2007 (mid-2007 iMac per your link).