A friend just bought a new-to-him iBook G4.
I sent him the note below to start him out. Most everything has come
out of this list G-Group and iMac Group and these other LEM Lists:
G-Books, G4 'Books, Tiger Group, and Mac OS X 10.4 Group.
The info is also applicable to other G4s as well as G3 and G5 machines.
Also useful for OSX10.5.x besides 10.4.11
- Thanks Dan and List Contributers!
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iBook G4 1.33GHz 40GB 12" 1.5GB OSX10.4.11(Tiger)
I've owned three of these workhorses, the first bought new in
November 2004 when it was announced that Apple would introduce a non-
PowerPC machine and end iBook production. It's still running nicely.
The other two I bought on Amazon; they're still chugging along as well.
Over the years I've found a few tips and tricks to force these
venerables to keep up with changes:
- Best browser to use for pre-Intel machines is TenFourFox 7450
(SourceForge) based on FireFox. (Safari is too buggy in PPCs.)
- Install Add-Ons: QuickTime Enabler and AdBlock Plus (available on
TenFourFox)
- Install Flip4Mac (Microsoft) to run Windows video.
- Run Monolingual (SourceForge) to gain a lot of HD space.
- Run Onyx (Titanium) every couple of months or so.
- Remember to always download and install the Tiger 10.4.11 SW
versions.
- Max out the RAM to 1.5GB.
- I also installed larger HDs in two of the iBooks: 80GB and 100GB.
They run beautifully with an SSD!
- To prolong battery life, once a month or so, unplug the power and
let the machine run down to zero battery until the screen goes dark.
- As much as possible, never turn off the iBook.
- Subscribe to the Low End Mac List:
http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html
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