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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Padawan" data-source="post: 52463" data-attributes="member: 273">That would be me.  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />   Both of those machines will run OS X nicely (especially Panther by way of XPostFacto) as long as you upgrade the RAM.  To answer the original question, you can indeed install a USB/Firewire card in the machines, although I personally haven't done so yet.  From my research, most cards will work fine, although some have warned against using Belkin cards because of some issues that sometimes occur.  Also, most AIO owners suggest that you install the card before you reinstall whatever OS you'll be running, so that the installer "detects" the card and you don't end up with driver issues.  I'm actually a bit excited to meet another AIO owner here.  They're great machines, and I love mine every bit as much as my 1 year old iBook.  You're right, they were basically the predecessor to the iMac (the iMacs came later), and they were only available to "education" buyers for a brief production run of roughly 6 months.  Some upgrades I'd suggest to get the most out of an AIO for the least cost would be the following:- Upgrade the RAM to as much as you can afford.  Mine ran nicely with 256 MB, but I now have 768 MB.  512 MB would probably be quite sufficient.  The machine will accept a max of (3) 256 MB sticks.- If you want to keep the original video card, upgrade the VRAM.  I found my 4 MB VRAM chip on eBay for less than $10 shipped, and it helps smooth things out a bit, especially running OS X.- Overclock the processor.  My machine began as a 233 MHz, and I first OC'd it to 266 MHz.  After running for a while like that, I decided to go to 300 MHz, and it is very stable at that speed.  The only other precaution I took was to put some Arctic Silver thermal paste between the heat sink and the processor, to help keep the temperature down.  However, it ran at 300 MHz without any problems even before I did this.  OC'ing is extremely easy to do simply by changing the jumper settings on the mother board.- Upgrade the hard drive.  Mine is a 20 GB, and OS X must be installed on the first 8 GB partition of the HDD.  - Install OS X.  I'd suggest Panther, which will require a free application called XPostFacto, but the process is very easy.That's a quick list for now, and I apologize for the long post.  I guess I just got a bit carried away since it's rare to find another AIO owner here.  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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