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Posted by: hilga007 on 2010-04-09 11:42:46
Hey ya'll! I just got a free iBook G4 for helping a friend migrate data from it to her MacBook, then connecting her BlackBerry to her MacBook!
Specs:
- 1.07GHz G4 w/12" Screen
- 256 MB RAM (I upgraded it to 512)
- 40GB HD
- Combo Drive
- Airport Extreme
I then:
- Reformatted with 10.5.8
- Disabled Dock Transparency (greatly improves performance it seems)
- Disabled Spotlight on everything except Applications (I like to launch Apps with Spotlight)
- Installed Opera 10 and use Turbo Mode (renders on their servers)
I was surfing with 8 tabs open, while chatting with 4 people on iChat, with Preview and Grab open and didn't notice any major slowdowns! Performance actually seemed better than under 10.3.9...
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Posted by: Mars478 on 2010-04-09 11:59:11
Great! What computer are you coming from?
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Posted by: Paralel on 2010-04-09 12:43:00
Lucky SOB... 😛
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Posted by: ClassicHasClass on 2010-04-09 13:31:32
Not bad at all. I still have my iBook G4 (1.33), though I'm now using my TiBook/867 a lot more (bigger screen, and I'm trying to eat my dogfood more with Classilla -- between Classilla and MacSSH I'm pretty much covered for on the road usage). However, I think yours will be a lot happier with Tiger.
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Posted by: kvanderlaag on 2010-04-09 15:35:32
Jerk!
Seriously, I loved my 1.07 GHz G4 iBook. They're great little machines, and fun to take apart. Enjoy it!
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Posted by: bhylak on 2010-04-09 15:37:51
I thought you said you were giving one away for free! Dang't...
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Posted by: bhylak on 2010-04-09 15:40:29
Tell me the next time she wants to burn a DVD. I'll help her out... for an iPad. lol
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Posted by: Strimkind on 2010-04-09 22:21:22
Very lucky there. I used to own a 1.2ghz iBook but sold it a few years back.
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