Thanks to All. Everything has been very enlightening! I would order the bigger SIMM even though I already purchased the 512, but the documentation says max is 640. Hope that does not cause any problems. Indeed the problem with th iBook has been opening applicationsor changing among them.
I don't know why I waited thus much, I instead switwched to my XP, but back then, memory was too expensive.! Clark Martin wrote: > On Jan 28, 2010, at 9:25 AM, mac-in_true_love wrote: > > > I have ordered 512 Mb of memory for G4 ibook, assuming that 640 is the > > maximum, which I found running an analysis program linked to from this > > forum when memory was addressed. > > All G4 iBooks can take a 1Gb SO-DIMM. I would go with that rather > than the 512Mb. > > > > I hope this makes it faster with browsing and running applications > > both OS 10 and classic 9 which I still run. I am no expert --just a > > long time user of Macs--and some highly technical jargon will go over > > my head,like the type of memory, etc. Let's assume the memory is the > > right one, what else can I do to make it run faster? > > It will tend to make applications run faster, depending on how much > you have now. Where it will be most noticed (where I noticed it at > least) was in switching between applications. On my 1.33GHz G4 iBook > with the stock 256 Mb of RAM whenever I switched applications it > would sit on the beach ball cursor for awhile. When I added the 1Gb > RAM module it got very snappy switching apps and only rarely went to > the beachball. > > > > > > And last question, will it accept Leopard so I can run newer apps? I > > think the answer to this is YES,just comfirming. > > Yes it can. If it's a 800MHz model you'll need Leopard Assist or some > other trick to install it. Leopard won't, on it's own, install on a > G4 with a CPU clock below 867 MHz. > > Clark Martin > Redwood City, California > Macintosh / Internet Consulting / Railfan > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- 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
