Mac OS X: G4 users may want to read my findings on Leopard
Thanks, but I gotta go to my Apple Store anyway, so I'll get
by BeatleMegaFan - 10/28/07 8:31 PM In reply to: that site had airport extreme cards for $30. by grimgraphixan AirPort Card when I get there. I need to get iLife and iWork to upgrade my Macs, and also so I can have them on disc when I wipe out my G4 and reinstall everything on a clean drive. Then I may buy some RAM for the G4, though it's expensive there. Another problem with the RAM is I have two PC2100 modules or something like that and for my iMac model, Apple is only offering the other 512MB PC2700 modules instead. I read you can't run both together, only one or the other. So I could plunk down $300 for 1GB of RAM when I could get another 512MB PC2100 stick somewhere else... not worth $300 at all, so I probably won't :-P.
I need a new Bluetooth module for it too, but I'll have to find it online. I think one site I found has them for the G4. I'll ask my Apple tech about some of that stuff. Too bad I can't just trade it in for a new 24 inch one 
. That would rock. 2.8Ghz and a bunch of loaded goodies... I can wait for the new Mac Pros and the new (hopefully coming) MacBooks without an optical drive or the 12 inch MBP. Who knows if they will come out soon, but I'm optimistic about Apple stuff.
Thanks for the inputs everyone,
-BMF
I could be mistaken, but many PC2700 chips...
by grimgraphix - 10/28/07 9:05 PM In reply to: that site had airport extreme cards for $30. by grimgraphix... are backward compatible to PC2100. At least the sodim chip I put in my iBook was. I got a gig sodim chip on sale for $79.99 US. It was a decent brand, but I can't recall what it was.
Hmm... well I read that my iMac couldn't handle both at the
by BeatleMegaFan - 10/29/07 2:31 PM In reply to: that site had airport extreme cards for $30. by grimgraphixsame time. I'm not interested in finding it out and possibly ruining my machine. Thanks or the tip though.
-BMF
I'm installing 10.5 now on an 15" iMac 1ghz (USB 2.0)
by thofts - 10/30/07 8:51 PM In reply to: G4 users may want to read my findings on Leopard by BeatleMegaFanI picked this up off Craigslist for my Mom for $325. Was pretty much unused as some girl had it because it "looked cool" I added 1 GB of memory (Kingston PC 2700) on sale at from Circuit City for $59.95. I think with 1.25 GB of RAM it should run OK. I'll run it for a day and post a follow up. She will use it for internet, email , iPhoto, Pages, and iChat. If its too sluggish I'll go back to Tiger, but I'd like to be able to have the remote screen feature in Leopard as Mom tends to screw up settings and then go into a panic and she's 1500 miles away.
A 15 inch iMac with USB 2.0... nice.
by BeatleMegaFan - 10/30/07 9:28 PM In reply to: I'm installing 10.5 now on an 15" iMac 1ghz (USB 2.0) by thoftsI wish mine could have more RAM, but it's running okay. Leopard may run faster on yours since mine is older and has less RAM and USB 1.1. Lucky. I can only have 1GB of RAM on mine, and apparently, Grim was right about the backwards compatibility. My Apple techs told me that the G4 could actually take the faster, 2700 sticks since it runs the slower 2100 sticks, meaning it could take faster sticks and run okay but not the other away around. Hope you can understand my gibberish LOL.
Leopard works okay for mine, but it doesn't seem to like all the bells and whistles. I'm going to start to leave it running and working for awhile until it adjusts better. Then when I can, I'll go get a 512MB stick to fix it up some and get something for its no Wi-Fi problem. Now my techs say it can't take the Extreme cards, which I had thought before anyway. They suggested I get the Wireless Airport plugin thing that hops on networks and does the AirTunes thing. I may just have to do that though $100 isn't too nice. Oh well. Good luck with your G4, though don't expect it to cruise without a bruise LOL. Tiger runs much better on it I believe. I'll decide what to do with it once I clean out the drive and put some fresh installs on it.
-BMF
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