Hi,
So... a few weeks ago, I managed to get a 867MHz Titanium G4 in decent condition. Seemed to be the original configuration - 256 megs of RAM, 40GB HDD, combo drive.
I upgraded the RAM with a gig from OWC.
Now thinking about any potential other upgrades. The goal is to dual boot OS 9 and some flavour(s) of OS X (not sure about Tiger vs Leopard, I just received a Leopard DVD today...).
Couple of questions:
1) I got a (well-regarded, I think) PATA to mSATA adapter, but not sure what mSATA drive to get. Big name brands seem to have exited mSATA. One brand that came up was 'Dogfish' - I think one of the Youtubers used their drive. Any thoughts/recommendations/etc? There's a size limit, too, isn't there, around 120-128GB?
2) This thing has no AirPort card and I don't think trying to get an original Apple card would be particularly useful. Is there any practical (i.e. something other than some unobtainium card from 2008 sold only on eBay by a certain fellow who loves to corner the market on rare Mac accessories such as new M7803 keyboards for $400USD or used Apple GF4 Ti4600s for $1000USD or whatever his price currently is - I am still grumpy because he outbid me on an auction for a new-in-box M7803) option in 2023 to get at least the OS X side on a modern wifi network (WPA2, etc.)? Or is it completely hopeless - wired Ethernet and/or setting up a separate legacy wifi network are the only options?
3) Anything else I should think of upgrading? I had originally thought about trying to get a so-called 'SuperDrive' (call me old, but a 'SuperDrive' will always be a 1.4 meg floppy drive to me) but after thinking about it more, that seems like a largely useless upgrade for a vintage Mac in 2023...
So... a few weeks ago, I managed to get a 867MHz Titanium G4 in decent condition. Seemed to be the original configuration - 256 megs of RAM, 40GB HDD, combo drive.
I upgraded the RAM with a gig from OWC.
Now thinking about any potential other upgrades. The goal is to dual boot OS 9 and some flavour(s) of OS X (not sure about Tiger vs Leopard, I just received a Leopard DVD today...).
Couple of questions:
1) I got a (well-regarded, I think) PATA to mSATA adapter, but not sure what mSATA drive to get. Big name brands seem to have exited mSATA. One brand that came up was 'Dogfish' - I think one of the Youtubers used their drive. Any thoughts/recommendations/etc? There's a size limit, too, isn't there, around 120-128GB?
2) This thing has no AirPort card and I don't think trying to get an original Apple card would be particularly useful. Is there any practical (i.e. something other than some unobtainium card from 2008 sold only on eBay by a certain fellow who loves to corner the market on rare Mac accessories such as new M7803 keyboards for $400USD or used Apple GF4 Ti4600s for $1000USD or whatever his price currently is - I am still grumpy because he outbid me on an auction for a new-in-box M7803) option in 2023 to get at least the OS X side on a modern wifi network (WPA2, etc.)? Or is it completely hopeless - wired Ethernet and/or setting up a separate legacy wifi network are the only options?
3) Anything else I should think of upgrading? I had originally thought about trying to get a so-called 'SuperDrive' (call me old, but a 'SuperDrive' will always be a 1.4 meg floppy drive to me) but after thinking about it more, that seems like a largely useless upgrade for a vintage Mac in 2023...