Got my 1st Mac...

cocacolakid · Dec 9, 2012

MisterKeeks said:
Instead of Safari, use Leopard Webkit. Visually identical to Safari; the only differences being the increased performance.

Here's the link to Webkit, as MisterKeeks said, it is a good Safari alternative and based off of Webkit like Safari, but it's faster and still receiving updates while Safari for PPC hasn't been updated since version 5.

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/43456/leopard-webkit

Dozier33 · Dec 9, 2012

Thanks for all the info. I will download the webkit .. I'm in love with Mac already

I will be a MacBook pro very soon.

MisterKeeks · Dec 9, 2012

Dozier33 said:
Thanks for all the info. I will download the webkit .. I'm in love with Mac already I will be a MacBook pro very soon.

I'm glad to hear it. While you're at it, zen at PowerPC Liberation has a very good post about which browsers to try: http://powerpcliberation.blogspot.com/2012/11/os-x-powerpc-browser-assessment.html

While some of his content is a little controversial, this is one of his better posts.

Dozier33 · Dec 9, 2012

cocacolakid said:
Here's the link to Webkit, as MisterKeeks said, it is a good Safari alternative and based off of Webkit like Safari, but it's faster and still receiving updates while Safari for PPC hasn't been updated since version 5.

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/43456/leopard-webkit

Webkit helps out tremendously .. Ty for the info! Now I can play games on MSN.. Lol not for me but my girlfriend

rjcalifornia · Dec 9, 2012

Dozier33 said:
Well as I said its my first Mac. So I'm not sure of the limitations it's old so probably just emails, web etc..

----------

Thanks I will buy some right now

It can handle even more. I just edited a full HD 1080 video with iMovie and encoded as 1080 HD video in less than 20 minutes. Not so fast but it was easy

Dozier33 · Dec 9, 2012

rjcalifornia said:
It can handle even more. I just edited a full HD 1080 video with iMovie and encoded as 1080 HD video in less than 20 minutes. Not so fast but it was easy

What's some software y'all would recommend? Far as editing photos an or video?

----------

Lol, never mind. Under it under your post

ChrisMan287 · Dec 9, 2012

I got my 2GB RAM (2x 1GB sticks) from NewEgg for $50 and it shipped same day and worked perfectly.

Don't think so little of your PowerBook. It's a great machine that can handle a lot more than just emails. Enjoy it.

Badrottie · Dec 10, 2012

You are lucky to have a free PowerBook G4!! :apple:

76ShovelHead · Dec 10, 2012

Dozier33 said:
A friend gave me a PowerBook g4..
1.5 ghz with 512 ram.. Anyone have recommendation for a site selling ram? I just upgraded the os to 10.5.8 runs ok.. However I can tell it really needs the ram.. Thanks

Congrats!

I too just got a Mactop, an iBook G4 1.42 maxed out with 1.5 gigs of ram.

Newegg is great, and OWC ( Other World Computing ) specializes in Mac stuff.

ChrisMan287 · Dec 10, 2012

Badrottie said:
You are lucky to have a free PowerBook G4!

I got mine for free too

Search

Search

Got my 1st Mac...

cocacolakid

macrumors 65816

Dozier33

macrumors newbie

MisterKeeks

macrumors 68000

Dozier33

macrumors newbie

rjcalifornia

macrumors 6502a

Dozier33

macrumors newbie

ChrisMan287

macrumors 6502

Badrottie

Suspended

76ShovelHead

macrumors 6502a

ChrisMan287

macrumors 6502

Our Staff