On Mar 26, 5:38 am, Nathan Templeton <pb2...@hotmail.com> wrote: > On 3/25/12 6:54 AM, J rg Duurkoop wrote:> Hi, > > >> something other than black; I'd say it came with the black Pro Mouse& > >> Keyboard, just like its contemporaries did. > > > I have one of the last MDDs that could boot OS9, it's from 2003, the > > German version. It came with a white Pro keyboard model nr. M7803 and > > a white mouse nr. A1152. > > > Regards, J rg. > > I may be completely wrong here, but as I recall, with the PowerMacs, > when sold came with the black keyboard and mouse, while the white sets > were sent out with the G4 iMacs and later G5's. While I have nothing to > base this one other than my own experience. My DA/533 came with a black > set, my iMac G4/800 came with a white set and my G5 came with black. So, > who knows. Either are nice keyboards, the mice do leave something to be > desired. > Too be honest, there are many third party sets out there that are more > bang for the buck. > > ~Nathan > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Izzy: MacMini 2011/Corei5/4gig/10.7.2 > Sandbox: PowerbookG4/1.25/1.25/10.5.6 > Meh: 1g iPhone/8gig/3.0.3
Thanks for the replies so far! I'll just mention, J rg Duurkoop you stated it came with a white A1152 mouse, but, that's the model number for the Mighty Mouse Apple released in 2005.Did you mean the Apple Mouse? I think when it was first released the Apple Keyboard (A1048) was released along side the Apple Mouse, which from I can tell was nearly identical to the white Apple Pro Mouse, it just had the Pro dropped from the name. Although I don't know what model number it used? At any rate, I'm inclined to believe the MDD did come with a Pro keyboard, white or black regardless; mostly because this system boots OS 9. Although I wouldn't put it past them, I don't think Apple would have knowingly shipped a keyboard (the A1048) with a Mac that could boot OS 9 when they know that keyboard has a system requirement of Mac OS X (10.2 or later I believe). It does work in OS 9 as I have one and have used it with an OS 9 system, but as far as I can tell the volume and eject button keys do not work. Considering on the MDD the optical drive can only be opened or closed using the keyboard eject button, it means for OS 9 at least you have to use that menu option shortcut (I forget how you do it but it's something like an Applescript that you can have as a menu item), and for volume you'd always have to go into the Sound Manager. Considering this Mac was, pretty much marketed as "a system that boots OS 9, if you really need a new Mac that can do that..." then that seems to me to be a big pointer that they wouldn't deliberately cause problems out of the box by including a slightly incompatible keyboard. Again though I wouldn't put it past them. Anyway I continue to be open to suggestions here just in case! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
