# Mac G5

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-g5/231557>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 28, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-g5/231557 "2004-02-28T01:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Anal\_Scurvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@Anal\_Scurvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anal_Scurvy)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-g5/231557/1 "2004-02-28T01:00:00Z")

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Can you hook a VGA or SVGA monitor up to a Macintosh G5 tower? Or only something specifically Mac-made?

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**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-g5/231557/2 "2004-02-28T01:09:13Z")

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It requires an adapter to convert the output port (Apple Display Connector, IIRC) to a standard VGA port.

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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-g5/231557/3 "2004-02-28T01:17:56Z")

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Apple, about the time they introduced the Blue & White G3 towers, switched to using the same monitor connection used by the rest of the PC industry, rather than the proprietary connection they had used for years.

My G4 is connected to a standard Sony monitor without any adapter.

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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-g5/231557/4 "2004-02-28T01:23:55Z")

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Wait, my bad. While the G3 & G4 had the standard VGA connection, the G5 is different. From [http://www.apple.com/powermac/specs.html:](http://www.apple.com/powermac/specs.html:)

“ADC and DVI connectors; DVI to VGA adapter included”

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**Author:** ![Anal\_Scurvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@Anal\_Scurvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anal_Scurvy)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-g5/231557/5 "2004-02-28T03:52:33Z")

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> [@Phase42](#):
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> Wait, my bad. While the G3 & G4 had the standard VGA connection, the G5 is different. From [http://www.apple.com/powermac/specs.html:](http://www.apple.com/powermac/specs.html:)
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> “ADC and DVI connectors; DVI to VGA adapter included”

So, just for clarity before I drop a wad of cash tomorrow, if a VGA monitor works, so will an SVGA monitor?

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**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-g5/231557/6 "2004-02-28T04:05:55Z")

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Absolutely. My G5 came last month. It has an ADC and a DVI connector and comes with a DVI-\>D-25 standard VGA adaptor. OS 10.3 will work with any size monitor that can go 800x600 and above.

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**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-g5/231557/7 "2004-02-28T04:07:17Z")

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Urk I meant DB15 not D-25.