On Mar 17, 2010, at 3:22 AM, Maretta Holden wrote: > At 2:22 PM -0600 03/10/2010, williamd wrote: >> In the past I've read at least one poster who claimed the Aluminum G4 >> powerbooks had "problems," and advocated sticking with TiBooks. But I've not >> read anyone describing such alleged problems. I'm using a 550mhz TiBook. I >> would like to upgrade over the summer to either a 1gb TiBook or an early >> AlBook. I do not want to go Intel anytime soon. Thus my reason for asking. >> Thanks for any advice! >> >> -bill > > My 15" G4 867 mhz PowerBook running Tiger is a 'lovely' machine ... except > for its erratic wireless performance. I suspect the antenna runs around the > screen, resulting in unavoidable interference. > > My 13" G3 PowerBook 2000 (Pismo) is still running Tiger perfectly ... used > mostly by visiting grandchildren doing homework. > > I am typing this message on my new 13" Intel 2.13 ghz MacBook (the last model > with a firewire port) running Snow Leopard and am in the process of making it > my primary Mac. > > It should be noted that all the older PPC applications I have tried so far > run perfectly well under Rosetta ... including Eudora! ... without my having > to do anything except copy them over. > > I originally was concerned about going Intel but so far the transition has > been a non-issue. > > - Maretta >
The only I know about on the Aluminum G4 PowerBooks is a RAM slot problem. I have a G4 1.25 GHz AL and all is well with it. I think the slot problem is isolated to paticular models. However the problem can be fixed affordably. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
