On Nov 12, 2009, at 5:42 AM, Patrick Lee wrote: > Hi! I'm TOTALLY new to Mac, so pardon me if I sound clueless! > > I have a G4 dual 867Mhz with nVidia 32MB AGP display, running Mac OS > 10.3.9. I'd like to upgrade to OS 10.5. Therefore, I'm thinking of > upgrading the RAM to 2GB, which is the max. > > 1. What's the memory stick that I can use? 512MBper stick or 1GB or > 2GB?
It depends.there were TWO Mac G4's that came with dual 867 KHZ processors: The Quicksilver, which takes PC133 SDAM, and the Mirrored Drive Door which takes PC-2100. ID your model here <http://support.apple.com/kb/TA25585? viewlocale=en_US>, you cand find out this information in System Profiler. Find your model here <http://www.datamemorysystems.com/> it will tell you what memory to get. They also have good prices, and excellent service as well; they're my favored memory dealer. > > 2. For the VRAM, is 32MB the max? Without replacing the video card, yes. > > 3. How can I upgrade my 60GB HDD to 160GB? Any 3.5" IDE HDD will do? > Can I do clone my existing HDD to the new HDD without re-installing > everything? If yes, how/what software do I use? > Yes, you can also just add another drive, yes any IDE 3.5" drive will work. The software you want is CarbonCopyCloner <http://www.bombich.com> > I'm also thinking of replacing the DVD-ROM with a DVD-RW. Will any > DVD-writer do? It needs to be an IDE tray-loading model, and you may need to apply Patchburn: <http://www.patchburn.de/> but yeah, pretty much any DVDRW on up to DVD-DL drives will work with 10.5 -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
