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- G4 Gigabit 400 Single. 40GB , 1.25GB RAM. OS 10.4.11 Tiger
Hello All
New user here to both the site and the Mac. so be easy please.
I hope this is the right area for this otherwise general first post.
Firstly, I was given an old G4 "Sawtooth" as I've come to find out more about it. I've managed so far to replace the whining 20gb HD with a partitioned 60.
2 30gb partitions each, and another different 20gb drive with a single partition.
I've also so far stumbled through firmware upgrades, memory upgraded to 1gb, OS 9.2.2 upgrade, and others from iTunes to IE.
I guess I'm trying to get to a point here of whether it's better to continue learning to use this thing as it is (old, outdated, basically unsupported), or buy a retail version of Tiger and start clean.
As I have no documentation, software cd's for OS 9 install, restore, etc., if I trash it during the learning process as I'm sure will be inevitable, I have no way to put it back to "original".
I have to say that I'm astounded as to the relative speed of this old monkey.
It starts up and shuts down faster than my self built overclocked sempron 3000+ Geforce 4 2gb pc 3200 XPSP2 box.
So, I guess that's long enough for a first newbie post.
Thanks in advance for any/all suggestions and opinions.
Looking forward to learning more.
I just might become a convert, time will tell I guess.
New user here to both the site and the Mac. so be easy please.
I hope this is the right area for this otherwise general first post.
Firstly, I was given an old G4 "Sawtooth" as I've come to find out more about it. I've managed so far to replace the whining 20gb HD with a partitioned 60.
2 30gb partitions each, and another different 20gb drive with a single partition.
I've also so far stumbled through firmware upgrades, memory upgraded to 1gb, OS 9.2.2 upgrade, and others from iTunes to IE.
I guess I'm trying to get to a point here of whether it's better to continue learning to use this thing as it is (old, outdated, basically unsupported), or buy a retail version of Tiger and start clean.
As I have no documentation, software cd's for OS 9 install, restore, etc., if I trash it during the learning process as I'm sure will be inevitable, I have no way to put it back to "original".
I have to say that I'm astounded as to the relative speed of this old monkey.
It starts up and shuts down faster than my self built overclocked sempron 3000+ Geforce 4 2gb pc 3200 XPSP2 box.
So, I guess that's long enough for a first newbie post.
Thanks in advance for any/all suggestions and opinions.
Looking forward to learning more.
I just might become a convert, time will tell I guess.