| New (to me, of course) iBook G4. A few questions. [message #336540] |
Tue, 31 January 2017 10:35  |
Michael Moreau
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Registered: January 2017
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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.
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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