I have a G4 MDD Dual-1Gb, running 10.4.11. In 8 years it's never EVER
missed a beat and continues to be my faithful workhorse for graphic
arts and music recording. However, for my two original internal 80Gb
drives it's obviously just a matter of time before they fall over. So,
in order to
. . . but don't bother spending the money!
On your PPC machine it'll just sloow everything down by 20% or
more.
10.5 is optimised for Intel Macs and will make yours run like treacle.
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Hmm . . . Interesting, just comparing notes here -
I use Firefox for most of my mail activity, but still use Safari for
Apple comms etc.
Haven't been getting any odd downloads like you have, but in the past
few days Command-Q has become ineffective and I've been having to
Force Quit to get out
eventually gives up the ghost.
Please forgive the non-tech speak . . .
Any insight you can provide for this relative layman would be hugely
appreciated.
Cheers
artemis
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Can't go past the X-Craft by Coolermaster . . . great retro looks
(silver or piano gloss black), screwless assembly (fit a drive and be
up and running in around 5 minutes), Firewire and USB versions (or
both combined), good shock-resistance, handles up to 1TB drives,
stackable, fanless therefore
Hey there Jonas -
Visit this site:
http://www.ifixit.com/info/ID-your-Mac
Once you've ID'd your model, they have brilliant downloadable
illustrated hi-res step-by-step guides on how to do most things Mac -
how to take your Powerbook apart to replace drives, screens,
motherboards, power
Yep, Tony -
Right on the money again - the 1Gb module shows up as 512Mb like you
said it would . . .
So far, so good - my ol' Mac's now maxed-out and running like Marion
Jones before her urine test - I've been working on BIG PShop, Cubase
and 3D files with no problems
I've noticed the
I've been offered a free 1GB PC3200 memory module for my G4 Mac Dual
1Gb MDD, and have been assured that it is compatible. However, my
manual states that this model uses PC2700 RAM and that the maximum
size module available is 512Mb.
Anybody have experience with this upgrade method?
Will it
Hello Tony -
Thanks for the clarification. Does it matter that it's a 400MHz
module, rather than the 333MHz specified in my manual?
And is the fact that it's Dual Channel an issue? Appreciate your
advice.
It certainly won't fry your Mac, as PC3200 is backwards compatible
with PC2700.
