well after the past 10 years of owening pcs, i now own a mac. however, i didnt want to shovel out alot of money for not and end up not liking it. i found a powerbook g4 on ebay and bought it for $425. did i make a semi-smart choice? it has a 1.5 gig processor, 80gig harddrive, and 1gig of ram. does anybody know how much ram it can take? i do want to upgrade that. it also comes w/ leopard and ilife 09.thanks for the help!
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If it does what you want to do, for a price you're willing to pay, then it's a good deal.
It holds up to 2 GB of RAM:
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP83
It holds up to 2 GB of RAM:
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP83
I have a 17" 1.67gHz PB that I still use almost every day. I think you'll like yours. I do recommend that you bump up the RAM, though. More memory is the key to helping those older systems hang on for as long as possible. One thing I have noticed, though, is that a lot of things I do on it seem to peg the processor more than the RAM. This is especially true while watching Hulu and YouTube. I think that has more to do with Flash being so terrible on OSX than limitations of the hardware, though.
Not sure which screen size you have, but for the 15":
http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=PowerBook G4 1.5GHz (15-inch Display)
I wouldn't get from a local brick and mortar store. They are usually overpriced.
http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=PowerBook G4 1.5GHz (15-inch Display)
I wouldn't get from a local brick and mortar store. They are usually overpriced.
dealnews.com/memory
Also more info under the guides on top of this page
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/54/
Also more info under the guides on top of this page
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/54/
I would give a second vote for Crucial. I don't know about yours, but my PB was very picky about which RAM it would take. I ordered some memory from Newegg using their RAM selector, and my PB refused to boot with it in there. I thought it was faulty, and they replaced it. The second stick refused to work, as well. I finally went to Crucial, and used their scanner, and it worked. The funny thing is that the RAM from Newegg had the exact same specs, and if I remember correctly, it was even Crucial brand.
Anyway, go to Crucial, run their scanner, and buy there.
Anyway, go to Crucial, run their scanner, and buy there.