IBook g3

ginger_pat · 20 Oct 2007 at 14:56

Hi i got offered a g3 for £80 got it at the moment to try it out and was wondering is it worth it? It has 10gbHD 64mb ram and the processor runs at 0.5Ghz ( i know low specs) i will be using ot for music and coursework mainly and internet. So any thoughts would be graet

ginger_pat · 20 Oct 2007 at 15:13

He gave me OSX 10.0.3 in which i installed last night

ginger_pat · 20 Oct 2007 at 15:17

No i don't know what any other versions woulld run like i might look to buy an external harddrive and some ram. What ram would i have to get and would any hard drive be ok?

ginger_pat · 20 Oct 2007 at 15:27

Ok so i have just put on some songs and pictures is there i was i could put a picture as my background?

ginger_pat · 21 Oct 2007 at 10:06

Sorry for not replying using a windows till i get a wireless card and it keeps crashing. I sorted out the screensaver thanks.
What is the difference between panther lepord and OSX n all this business i seriously don't have a clue

ginger_pat · 21 Oct 2007 at 19:45

Thankyou ive swotted up on Macs now :L now i am thinking about purchasing a wireless card or airport card. Would i be able to use a Airport extreme card which are on the apple website for £30? Or does my ibook not support it? Thanks again pat

ginger_pat · 22 Oct 2007 at 10:48

Come on guys does anyone know if my ibook 0.5GHZ processor and 64mb ram and a 10gb Hard drive will support an airport extreme card?

ginger_pat · 22 Oct 2007 at 11:04

Yes was thinking the same thing but where can i get some from do overclockers sell them i didn't think they did. What type of ram would it be would it be

PC133 SODIMM up to 512 MiB

as billytheimpaler suggested?

ginger_pat · 22 Oct 2007 at 11:05

Nope doesn't support Airport Extreme (b/g) as it's too old,

Nooooooo i shall have a look on it know hopefully something will pop up.

ginger_pat · 22 Oct 2007 at 13:12

Hmmm £25 for 256mb ram any good?

ginger_pat · 22 Oct 2007 at 13:17

Yeah but not got that much lol

ginger_pat · 22 Oct 2007 at 17:13

Yeah would it be a great difference. Is there any other way to get wireless without getting a airport card as i am not up for spendinge £40 to £60?