Warren,
I have a similar ibook running YDL6 (slightly faster), 2D accel is working fine for video, desktop windows, etc... I have not tried 3D. -Bill On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 21:43:56 -0800, Warren Nagourney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Derick. I didn't see anything about video acceleration. It > said that there are "no outstanding issues"; this means that video > works, but is not necessarily accelerated. From my earlier posts over > the last two years (first about my PB 17 and later about my PS3), you > might have concluded that I am allergic to slow and "choppy" video. > > cheers, > > Warren Nagourney > > On Dec 7, 2008, at 7:29 PM, Derick Centeno wrote: > >> Hi Warren: >> >> According to this page: >> >> http://us.fixstars.com/support/hardware/apple-ibook.shtml >> >> You shouldn't have any problems running YDL 6 on it. As far as >> wireless follow the instructions here: >> >> http://us.fixstars.com/support/solutions/ydl_5.x/airport-extreme.shtml >> >> All the best... >> >> On Dec 7, 2008, at 9:40 PM, Warren Nagourney wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I recently inherited a supposedly broken ibook G4 800 MHz (from my >>> stepdaughter, who can afford a newer computer) and am thinking of >>> installing YDL 6 on it. The machine actually works fine and has 640 >>> Mb of ram. My questions are: >>> >>> Is there any video acceleration to speak of? It has a Radeon 9200 and >>> most queries to the net return with the claim that there is no 3D >>> acceleration. Is this still true? (I would probably skip it if so - I >>> have enough annoyance with slow video on my PS3 linux system). >>> >>> Is WIFI supported? (I have an airport extreme card). >>> >>> If anyone has tried it, does it run well? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Warren Nagourney >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> yellowdog-general mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog- >>> general >>> HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> >>> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' >> >> _______________________________________________ >> yellowdog-general mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general >> HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> >> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
