Hi Zack, You have received excellent advice so far, so I have very little to add.
I agree that Tiger is essentially the fastest OS X flavor you can install in that hardware. It should run pretty decent with the RAM you have, although for best results you should max it out to 640Mb. I can guarantee that the tips you have already received will improve your Internet video experience. For overall optimization, you can add a couple tweaks, i.e. disabling Dashboard (http://www.macworld.com/ article/46236/2005/08/disabledashboard.html), and using ShadowKiller (freeware) to lighten up your graphics. But keep in mind that you're making the most of a G3 processor and an 8Mb video card, so don't expect miracles. That said, the little icebook is one sweet computer to carry around, light and mighty useful despite its age and limitations. Best, Felix Lizarraga On Mar 12, 2:53 pm, Zach Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > I am new to this board and i have a question you can hopefully help me > with. I recently bought a Ibook g3 dual usb with 500mhz processor and > 576mb of ram. I loaded OS X 10.4.11 on it. It works alright but it > runs a little sluggish at times. I was wondering if maybe a downgrade > to 10.3 would work better. I cant watch flash videos without it being > choppy and that's really the only thing i want from it. Is this > sluggishness just inevitable with my underpowered processor. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
