On 1/31/17 9:35 AM, Michael Moreau wrote:
Hey there guys and gals. I just picked up (for $8, the price of a
power adapter), an old iBook G4 in fairly decent condition. The
battery still holds a 3 hour charge and it boots and works well. It's
an 800mhz with 256mb of RAM, a standard CD-ROM drive, and a 30gb hard
drive. This is not my first G-Series Mac, but I haven't had one for a
LONG time. The last one I had was a blue & white G3 tower and I loved
that thing. Even at 300mhz it was faster than the PCs I had at the
time that were 800mhz or so.
Anyway, I'll get on with the questions:
1. Where can I look up what type of RAM this thing takes and how much
it will accept? I want to max it out.
everymac.com or down load Mactracker
2. I read that the battery life is supposed to be like 6.5+ hours, is
that true? If so then I guess I'll be getting a new battery since this
one only holds half of that.
3. Any known issues upgrading these to an SSD? I don't have any
install discs so I'd have to clone this 30gb HD straight to a 32gb
SSD. (Not even sure this thing is using SATA to be honest, haha!)
4. What are the best places to find software that will run on the G4
processor? I've managed to find lots of old versions of stuff, but
it's usually post-Intel switch.
5. This little laptop will mostly be for me when I'm writing, or for
my daughter to do some basic web browsing for school as we've already
got tons of other computers, phones, tablets, etc... Any other
suggestions though to make this thing as speedy and enjoyable as possible?
Thanks!
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