Hey, I was wondering if this was a good deal. It also comes with a new battery.
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Yes!
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Yes, definitely. $250 for a working Powerbook G4 is a great price. Make sure to check its condition and if everything is working
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It has airport and superdrive with the dvd burner. Its pretty dirty (cleanable) and I think the hard drive needs to be replaced. The frame is a little iffy. I mean its ok but it seems like he didnt care for it that much. I need to make a choice soon. He wont hold it for me this long.
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Yes, great deal! Clean it, replace the HDD. It will STILL be a steal! Is this a local pickup? If not... I would make sure he is a respectable seller...
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I have been looking for a good portable mac after the disappointment of the MBA. Prices range around 700 - 800 for a good 12" powerbook g4.
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how fast is the processor?
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Hmm sounds nice where are you buying this machine again??
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I got it. Its 867mhz and im going to upgrade the ram to 1GB and put on Leopard. This is my first mac so it seems exciting. I replaced the hard drive but it wasnt so easy.
Actually Im pretty happy because on ebay, if its broken it usually goes for $350+
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Yikes have fun running leopard on that machine. Well good luck.
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its not a good idea to run leopard? What os should i install instead?
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You should probably install Tiger instead of Leopard. You may want to even go farther back than that.
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When Leopard was released, a number of people reported that their PowerPC macs were running faster than they were with Tiger.
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It's leopard not vista! Upgrade just my 2 cents.
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it says minimum requirement for leopard is 867mhz and 512mb of ram
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Thats just borderline close. But true this is mac os x not vista lol.
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If you want to do it, go ahead. I know that my friend complained that his computer felt slower after he installed leopard on his Macbook. Go ahead and try it though.
12" Powerbook G4 for $250
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by crapper, Jan 20, 2008.