01-16-2010, 12:56 AM
Wowsers. I have not had that experience with G3 iBooks. A lot of them, all 12" models. I do Mac IT so maybe most of the people who had their G3 iBook video die just tossed them for a new one and the G4s came to me because in theory they were worth saving. The G4s still will do a good job with OS 10.4 and 10.5 as long as they have 1GB RAM and a newer HD.
The G3 iBooks I have (one 500, two 600s, one 700) are just sitting in a corner doing nothing because they aren't worth the effort to open and put in a working HD. I also have a working 500 with a good HD in it and 640 MB RAM but it's really of little use.
I just gave my Mom a G3/500 Pismo w/1GB RAM and a 5400 RPM HD in it because that Piz is significantly better than even an iBook 600 and is still a capable machine as long as you don't do Internet video and all she needs in the kitchen was web & Word 2004. Real work is done on her Intel Mini.
The G3 iBooks I have (one 500, two 600s, one 700) are just sitting in a corner doing nothing because they aren't worth the effort to open and put in a working HD. I also have a working 500 with a good HD in it and 640 MB RAM but it's really of little use.
I just gave my Mom a G3/500 Pismo w/1GB RAM and a 5400 RPM HD in it because that Piz is significantly better than even an iBook 600 and is still a capable machine as long as you don't do Internet video and all she needs in the kitchen was web & Word 2004. Real work is done on her Intel Mini.