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    ibook specs

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Turbonetdis, Oct 18, 2006.

  1. Turbonetdis

    Turbonetdis Notebook Consultant

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    my cousin gave me his g3 ibook with os 9.2. I'm not familiar with macs... I want to find the specs of this thing but don't know how to look this info up. Where can I find this information?
    thanx
     
    Turbonetdis, Oct 18, 2006
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  2. zadillo

    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

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    There should be an app on it somewhere called System Profiler. That will tell you the specs of the hardware installed, as well as some other details.

    Just as a word of warning, that iBook, especially with only Mac OS 9.2 (and not Mac OS X) is painfully out of date, and you will have a hard time finding much current software or support for it. Probably fine to play around with, but a major pain to do anything modern with.

    If it has enough memory, you actually probably could install OS X on it; would probably be kind of slow, but at least it would be more modern.
     
    zadillo, Oct 18, 2006
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  3. Turbonetdis

    Turbonetdis Notebook Consultant

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    HAha i know... i've been reading around. IT was free so i figured eh... It has the airport and gets on the internet. I have my core duo notebook to do all my other stuff but it's too big to lug around. I'm hopin to get a free copy of tiger so i can use microsoft office on it
     
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    Turbonetdis Notebook Consultant

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    ok... system profiler says os x 10.2.4 and it's actually a g4
    go figure...

    how do i get it upgraded to 10.2.4? That's the min needed for office
     
    Turbonetdis, Oct 19, 2006
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    Turbonetdis Notebook Consultant

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    figured it out... ADMIN Please delete thread. thanx!
     
    Turbonetdis, Oct 19, 2006
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    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

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    Ahh, cool, an iBook G4 isn't so bad. Getting a copy of Tiger would definitely be good though; you'd notice some performance improvements, and some other perks as well compared to 10.2. The RAM may or may not be worth upgrading depending on how much it has right now and how much you can tolerate its current performance levels.
     
    zadillo, Oct 19, 2006
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  7. JimyTheAssassin

    JimyTheAssassin Notebook Evangelist

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    Glad you figured it out. Just thought I'd add this reference as it's great for older macs, details and faq/support. http://www.everymac.com In case anyone wants to know about their mac..this is a one stop must have
     
    JimyTheAssassin, Oct 20, 2006
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