On Nov 12, 2008, at 4:02 PM, Brian Troisi wrote:
> > Hello! I am about to buy a iBook G4 14" 1 Ghz, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB. The > current bid is $81 and it ends in 3 hours and 6 minutes from now. It > does not have a charger, but could I use one that came with my > PowerBook G3 Pismo? Would it work with the G4 iBook? And it says that > it boots to the frowning mac face, which means there is no OS > installed. If I recall, G4 iBooks do not have frowning mac icons built > into the ROM, or could run Mac OS 9, which had Sad Mac icons. What do > you think this means? If it had just no OS, then it would boot to a > flashing question mark icon. Thank you for your help! Btw, the auction > is here: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=150309177763 > The Pismo AC adapter will not fit the iBook G4. You can find the right one in an aftermarket version on eBay for $15-$20 shipped. That iBook will not boot into OS 9. However, it will run OS 9 in Classic mode. Never saw an iBook G4 boot to a Sad Mac icon. Beats me. Jim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
