iBook G3 Powerful enough?

McGuillicuddy · Nov 25, 2004

Hi guys,

I've found an iBook G3 (500 MHz, 320Mb RAM, no airport card) for sale locally for £400 (should be able to talk her down to £300) and I was wondering if it was powerful enough to easily handle regular laptop activities (internet/email, MS Office, DVD viewing etc.) without any trouble. Any chance I could run Warcraft3 on it?

Also, the owner currently has OS 10.3 loaded up on it. I know this is a new OS, so does the old G3 handle this without problems? Finally, what kind of battery life can I expect?

intrepkid21 · Nov 25, 2004

In my experience, you will be fine for the basic stuff (thought I would consider maxing out the memory). Warcraft 3...I doubt it..

Veldek · Nov 25, 2004

I played the whole single player of WC3 on my iMac (see sig). Some time later I tried it again - I really don't know how I did that. It's almost unplayable. But even if it can be done, forget about Multiplayer. This is really impossible and is the biggest fun IMO.

Leareth · Nov 25, 2004

It should handle basic stuff just fine.
WC3 needs a bigger screen though, and more RAM.
You should not be paying more than $500 USD for one that does not have an airport card in it,
battery life for an used battery about 3 to 3.5 hours on a 12"
for a new battery about 5 hours
as well, you did not mention what optical drive it has.

McGuillicuddy · Nov 26, 2004

Thanks for the replies guys. If you can forgive an Apple newbie for a minute, can anybody tell me the rough equivalent in Intel clock speed for the iBook G3 500 MHz?

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