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05-18-2011, 01:28 PM
just need some info please, i'am thinking of buying a Apple PowerBook G4 (15", 1.25Ghz, 80Gb HDD, 1Gb RAM) the price being asked is £150 is it worth that. also i think its running Tiger OS X can this be upgraded to leopard many thanks in advance Brimac Last edited by brimac; 05-18-2011 at 03:17 PM. |
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05-18-2011, 01:32 PM
- Nick p.s. As far as the price...I'm not so experienced with used Macintosh pricing in the UK. But you could check this site for a ballpark value...Mac2Sell.net (they have a UK section). - Computer slow, too many "beachballs", read this: Beachballs - Computer seems slower than it used to? Read this for some speedup tips: Speedup - Almost full hard drive? Some solutions. Out of Space - Apple Battery Info. Battery Last edited by pigoo3; 05-18-2011 at 02:01 PM. Reason: added content |
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05-18-2011, 02:15 PM
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05-18-2011, 02:17 PM
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If you could not find the UK Craig's List...here it is (pick your nearest city): craigslist: Vereinigtes Knigreich - classifieds for jobs, apartments, personals, for sale, services, community, and events If you couldn't find any Powerbook G4's on your local Craig's List...that's because not everything is available everyday.  HTH, - Nick - Computer slow, too many "beachballs", read this: Beachballs - Computer seems slower than it used to? Read this for some speedup tips: Speedup - Almost full hard drive? Some solutions. Out of Space - Apple Battery Info. Battery |
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05-18-2011, 03:12 PM
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05-18-2011, 03:20 PM
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- Nick - Computer slow, too many "beachballs", read this: Beachballs - Computer seems slower than it used to? Read this for some speedup tips: Speedup - Almost full hard drive? Some solutions. Out of Space - Apple Battery Info. Battery Last edited by pigoo3; 05-19-2011 at 07:19 AM. Reason: spelling |
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05-18-2011, 11:24 PM
As long as you understand that a G4 is minimum six years old and consequently will never run modern software, be very upgradeable or surf the multimedia parts of the web very well, have at it. I loved my G4 iBook back in the day, but that was a loooong time ago in computer terms. |
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05-19-2011, 10:19 AM
It ran photoshop very well and I never had an issue browsing the internet for media. Im sure the machine would be fine but, that being said, I do somewhat agree with chas m, the price you can find a regular macbook, even a coreduo one for I would strongly suggest that. You could probably get one for pretty close to the same price Itll be dual core, Intel based and much more powerful. Not sure about over there but states side you can find powerbook G4s for about $200-$250 US You can find Macbooks for $200-$300 depending on specs and condition. Ive seen the coreduo model very very close to $200 US. |
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