Mac OS 10.3.9 is probably optimal, although 10.4 would work. Upgrading the hard drive in these models is possible, but the required teardown is a pain and the drives themselves are becoming increasing scarce and disproportionately expensive (I'm trying to source reasonably priced drives for a G4 iBook and an old G3 clamshell at the moment.) Certainly with the stock hard drive and a Mac OS 9 partition, I'd stick with OS X 10.3 for the sake of saving space
RAM is a pretty easy upgrade; I think you can go to 640MB max, so a single 512MB module would max it out. The processor and video card are soldered, so no hope there. Other list members may be able to offer other suggestions; but I think that's pretty much it, option-wise. Regards, Dan Usmar On 17 January 2012 07:31, piyopiyo320 <[email protected]> wrote: > I pulled out my old iBook 600mHz Dual USB (with 15GB HDD, 385 MB RAM > and DVD player), and I'm hoping to update it so that it runs a little > faster. It currently runs OS X 10.1.5 and does have OS 9 also > installed. > > Any recommendations as to the newest OS X that would not run too > sluggish on such an older computer? > Also, any economical ideas as to how to update hardware to make this > laptop a little more speedy? (HDD, RAM, CPU, etc? > > I'm no longer regular Apple user (except for my iPhone) and don't > really know how to go about this project. Any advice will be most > appreciated. > > Thanks Much! > > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g-books > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
