I'm returning to school and would like to have some sort of portable computer. I have a few options, but an not sure which is best in terms of budget and longer-term investment.
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posted by bestillme
on Aug 11, 2010 -
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How upgradable is this iBook? A friend has an old iBook G4 he's indicated he'd be willing to let me have pretty cheaply. I use an iMac at home, but could use a nice portable laptop for occasional travel. The iBook as it is seems a little slow and sluggish to me - I'm just wondering, how "upgradable" is this model, for how much money, etc.? (details inside.)
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posted by dnash
on Jun 22, 2010 -
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I need to be ready to start shooting a timelapse video tomorrow morning. It'll last approx 5 days. I have problems making my camera talk to my laptop.
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posted by lemonfridge
on Jun 2, 2010 -
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Getting ready to give away/sell my old G3 iBook (White 800 mhz). I've wiped the drive and re-installed OSX from the original install disks. But ... I can't get past the registration screen.
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posted by jrchaplin
on Apr 21, 2010 -
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I have an old iBook G4 (Tiger) that I would like to use as a low-budget "media server". I'd like to set it up with an external hard drive so that our other two computers (laptop running Vista and netbook running XP) can access its files over our wireless network.
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posted by rossination
on Jun 16, 2009 -
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When it comes to re-purposing old laptops, it seems like the only option people really talk about is to turn it into a picture frame. There's got to be more that an
old iBook can do... right?
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posted by alexherder
on Apr 2, 2009 -
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The hard drive in my girlfriend's iBook (12" G4 late 2004) died, or at least that's what I think happened. I want to cover all my bases and I need a little advice on best practices.
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posted by clockwork
on Feb 17, 2009 -
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I've got a iBook G3(i think)
blueberry clamshell which can just about handle running photoshop 4 and appleworks on it. think it has OS 8 on it too. The battery is pretty much shot on it and so only runs off the mains power supply. Currently it is sitting on my shelf doing nothing.
Give me some fun / interesting / unusual ideas with what I could do with it. The more creative the better.
posted by gonzo_ID
on Jan 10, 2009 -
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My daughter has an iBook G4, running OSX 10.5 (Leopard). She's in Argentina, and having issues with the wireless connection. I need a little MetaFilter brain power: She can connect to the router in her apartment (she rents a room), and she can access 192.168.1.1, and gets router login prompt. But she can't get out to the Internet.
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posted by cameradv
on Sep 10, 2008 -
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Awesome but slightly rambunctious 8th grade class going on a school trip to the country. Rain is possible. Possibility of ultra-rare recreational computer access is likely to be a highly compelling reward for good behavior. The kids speak German. With all of these givens, what non-crack-like game should I install on the beater iBook G3 12" running 10.4 that I'm sending the teacher off with?
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posted by Your Time Machine Sucks
on Jun 25, 2008 -
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What free/low-cost/simple kinds of things can be done to the clamshell G3 iBook my mom uses for really basic web stuff to make it function better?
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posted by mdonley
on Jun 14, 2008 -
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iBook G4 battery is out of juice. Computer won't start up... even when AC adapter is plugged in. Is there something else going on?
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posted by kmtiszen
on Jun 10, 2008 -
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I've currently got a HP Mini-Note 2133 running Ubuntu. I was going to take a stab at installing OS X on it this coming weekend when I realized I could get a 12" iBook or PowerBook G4 for roughly the same price and it would still be small enough I wouldn't mind carrying it around with me all the time and it would run OS X with no hassle. I'd keep my MacPro as my primary workstation that I use for image editing and such, this would just be for email and for surfing the web on the go. If I get a G4 era laptop and install Leopard on it (want to use Back to My Mac after I roll my own dot mac) will I have any issues? I've only recently become a Mac user after years on Linux, so I never used a PPC-based system. Will application like Camino, Mail, Adium, etc all run with no problems? This is what the universal binary thing is all about, right?
Anything else I should be aware of? Any tips or tricks for slimming down 10.5 to make it run better on the older hardware?
Thanks!
posted by Brian Puccio
on May 27, 2008 -
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Why does the AppleWorks icon appear briefly (and then disappear) on my Dock when I start or wake up my iBook? This is making me ridiculously cranky. Help me minimise my raaaage!
posted by gerls
on Feb 11, 2008 -
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Is it possible to use the modem in an iBook running Tiger to send and receive voice messages?
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posted by ooklala
on Dec 14, 2007 -
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What USB2/FireWire video camera would you get for an iBook whose owner wants to video chat?
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posted by Wild_Eep
on Oct 16, 2007 -
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Question about power source on an iBook G4. (Namely: I think it's broke. Is it, in fact, as totally borked as I think it is?)
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posted by kalimac
on Jun 7, 2007 -
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A friend bought me
this monster cable to hook my ibook g4 up to my TV, but my tv has composite video. i haven't been able to locate a working converter-- anyone have any ideas?
posted by LizardOfDoom
on May 30, 2007 -
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The tip (inside stem) of my power adapter broke off in my wife's computer (White iBook G4). Thus, its unable to recharge. How do I get it out? What are these parts called so I can look it up at an appropriate place?
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posted by GPF
on Apr 24, 2007 -
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I am trying to connect my G4 iBook to my TV, but apparently I don't have the right combination of output cables. I need some advice here.
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posted by mattbucher
on Apr 15, 2007 -
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My six-year old iBook, plugged into the wall for internet, can't hold the connection. Sites will be loading just fine, and then it's as if the cord has suddenly been unplugged. The problem seems to be in the physical connection with the computer, not with the cord or the source.
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posted by ramenopres
on Apr 3, 2007 -
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broken ibook conundrum: help me come up with an affordable and sensible replacement solution?
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posted by garfy3
on Mar 14, 2007 -
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My wireless router and my iBook G4 aren't playing nice. Our iBook G3 connects wirelessly without fail.
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posted by bilabial
on Aug 30, 2006 -
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I'm looking at buying an old G3 iBook (900 Mhz), but I've heard some rumblings that Leopard might cut off G3s all together. How likely is it that this would happen with Leopard? How many more releases is it reasonable to assume this Notebook would be supported?
posted by northernsoul
on Aug 22, 2006 -
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What external resolution can an old 800Mhz G3 iBook with 32 MB VRAM drive?
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posted by cramer
on May 22, 2006 -
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