Hi! I just won a Key Lime iBook on eBay, and am giving my old 1 GHz PowerBook G4 (Aluminum) on eBay to my 11 year old sister. It has 512 MB RAM on it and Mac OS X 10.5.8, and I am fine with the speed, but she might not. I don't have the install discs for 10.4.11, though, so that might be a problem, and she doesn't seem like she wants to upgrade it at all. So, with the Leopard installation, should it be okay for some light Flash gaming and emulation? She uses the family's Core Duo Mini for that and things for school (It has 10.4.11). So, I'm planning on disabling the DashBoard, SpotLight, and Spaces. Is there anything else I could do to speed it up that doesn't cost money or is that all I can do? She doesn't have much knowledge about computers at all, so I'm a bit hesitant to try XUbuntu to speed it up. I might get a 1 GHz TiBook in the future in case I need more power, so should cloning the HDD with 10.5.8 to the TiBook work?
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PowerBook G4 for 11 year old?
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I know you said you don't want to put money in to it but if i wear you i would put 1GB or more of RAM in it. Flash Player and Safari or Tenfourfox can take up 400+MB in no Time, Also the latest Flash Player Version it can run is 10.1 it will work but will be slow I only run Flash on 1.25GHz G4's and up.
I bought my son a 1GHZ Titanium DVI a few months ago. He's 8, but he plays a lot of flash games online and it does pretty well. It's running Leopard and it does have 1GB of ram, so that may be the difference.
The few times I've been on it, it's been a fast machine. Since the one you are giving out is an AlBook I imagine it's probably either equal to or faster than my son's machine.
The few times I've been on it, it's been a fast machine. Since the one you are giving out is an AlBook I imagine it's probably either equal to or faster than my son's machine.
Thanks! I'll try to convince my sister to upgrade it.I know you said you don't want to put money in to it but if i wear you i would put 1GB or more of RAM in it. Flash Player and Safari or Tenfourfox can take up 400+MB in no Time, Also the latest Flash Player Version it can run is 10.1 it will work but will be slow I only run Flash on 1.25GHz G4's and up.
By the way, the 1 GHz TiBook was the machine I was planning to replace my AlBook with
. The install disks cost a lot, and the existing installation slowed things down enough (I got it used for $65) that I might want to even try XUbuntu on it. What's probably the cheapest way to get an install disk? I was also planning to get a TiBook and install Leopard on it, so it'll probably be worth it if it's under $50. I use Quick Look enough and a couple other features/Leopard only apps enough that it would be worth it for $50. Also, I was planning to upgrade the HDD in my Key Lime to 32 GB, and thought of just getting a SSD anyways. Would it be worth it?
I've had the opposite experience with Flash on a 1.25 Ghz eMac. Sites like Club Penguin and YouTube were just too slow to be useful. Maybe the PowerBook has faster FSB or bigger cache...
My experience has been the same with my PowerBooks. But the sites my son is visiting with his PowerBook tend to be simple game sites. We're talking about small sites that feature lots of uncomplicated homebrew games. Maybe on occaision Nick or Disney Jr.
He's not on Youtube or Hulu or anything like that. So, in this respect it's working for him.
If she is like most young girls,she is gonna spend lots of time on facebook,utube ect...and well as much as we like old powerbooks,she may find it poor for her needs.
For about $150 you could find her a good used craigs netbook that might suit her better.
For about $150 you could find her a good used craigs netbook that might suit her better.