If it is Ralink based, I think Edimax bothered to produce/adapt PPC drivers. Theirs might work if you can identify the right chipset used in the Tenda. Otherwise, a PCIe carrier card with a 2006-era Apple Broadcom WiFi mini-PCIe card is the way to go.
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If it is Ralink based, I think Edimax bothered to produce/adapt PPC drivers. Theirs might work if you can identify the right chipset used in the Tenda. Otherwise, a PCIe carrier card with a 2006-era Apple Broadcom WiFi mini-PCIe card is the way to go.
Another new machine, this time a dual core 2.0ghz G5, which FLIES compared to my DP 2.0ghz G5. This one has the stock Geforce 6600LE and 2gb RAM upgrade, and does smooth 720p video in the latest Leopard Webkit (an awesome release!):
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Bondi iMac with 400mhz G4 upgrade, compliments of @dosdude1, running Tiger:
17" iMac G4 with 2.0 GHz 7447 upgrade.
I know it's not PPC but my boring daily driver, but I really like the Jaguar-esque logo. Using it on all my 10.3-or-newer installations now. And I couldn't help replacing the aluminum ACD icon with one that more accurately matches my setup 
Tiger on an original ("early 2008") MacBook Air.
Leopard on an original ("late 2010") 11-inch MacBook Air. I had to remove the Nvidia kexts for it to boot but it correctly reports the GPU nonetheless.
EDIT: Oops, not PPC either, sorry! (But some might like the screens nonetheless.)
Leopard on an original ("late 2010") 11-inch MacBook Air. I had to remove the Nvidia kexts for it to boot but it correctly reports the GPU nonetheless.
EDIT: Oops, not PPC either, sorry! (But some might like the screens nonetheless.)
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Mac Mini (original, overclocked to 1.42ghz) running OS 9.2.2 Unsupported (identifies as a Cube). Works great with some minor glitches:
My PowerBook G4 12". I did have the max 1.25GB of RAM, but the 1GB stick died, so I threw the 512MB back in. I use this machine daily for writing because I love the keyboard!
My PowerBook G4 15" daily use machine
With a 160Gb Hard drive
It came with the 100Gb 7200 Hdd. I'm hoping to find some other mac to install it.
With a 160Gb Hard drive
It came with the 100Gb 7200 Hdd. I'm hoping to find some other mac to install it.
Here is my 'about this Mac' screen.
I love that the PPC community keep these beautiful machines running and alive!
I love that the PPC community keep these beautiful machines running and alive!
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iBook G4 14 inch, with 120GB SSD. Just sold it to fund some powerbook purchases.
iMac G3 DV SE 400. Normally it runs 9, but that install has become super unstable, so I installed 10.4.11 for now. This machine serves as an IRC client, ssh terminal, music and podcast player, Audacity workstation, and Photoshop 7.0 machine.
I wish I could daily a PowerPC. Browsing is a deal breaker for me. Almost everything else I could do, but my work is browser-heavy.
For some reason, the faster PowerBooks actually do a decent job of web browsing. There's a couple things that slow it down, FaceBook and YouTube respectively. I'm posting from the PB in my above screenshot
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I've tried with my iBook G4 and PB G4 17, but it's never quite fast enough. A lot of my work is in Google Docs, which is pretty brutal.For some reason, the faster PowerBooks actually do a decent job of web browsing. There's a couple things that slow it down, FaceBook and YouTube respectively. I'm posting from the PB in my above screenshot
Have you tried different user agents - they're selectable from the Develop menu in Safari/Webkit.
Yes, but my problem is my workflow requires a lot of tabs, and that's usually a problem.