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<blockquote data-quote="EvenStranger" data-source="post: 1178532" data-attributes="member: 181804"><p>Oneironaut is exactly right - RAM and HD can be upgraded, but nothing else. The video and processor are both permanently soldered to the motherboard. RAM can be maxed to 1.25GB on that unit (256MB is soldered to the board, so you would replace the 256MB chip inside with a 1GB chip). I'm betting the hard drive is only about 20GB.</p><p></p><p>My suggestion, honestly, would be either to keep it and play with it, knowing its limitations, or relist it and try to get most of your investment back. For a word processor, simple browser, email, and maybe a music jukebox, it should be ok. For anything requiring much power, it's going to be extremely frustrating to use. </p><p></p><p>You might also want to consider running Linux on this box, if you're the Linux type. Yellow Dog Linux is written to run on this age of hardware and is available for download for free from ydl.net. Odds are the performance would be better and you'd have access to more up-to-date browsers and apps than with the MacOS included with the computer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EvenStranger, post: 1178532, member: 181804"] Oneironaut is exactly right - RAM and HD can be upgraded, but nothing else. The video and processor are both permanently soldered to the motherboard. RAM can be maxed to 1.25GB on that unit (256MB is soldered to the board, so you would replace the 256MB chip inside with a 1GB chip). I'm betting the hard drive is only about 20GB. My suggestion, honestly, would be either to keep it and play with it, knowing its limitations, or relist it and try to get most of your investment back. For a word processor, simple browser, email, and maybe a music jukebox, it should be ok. For anything requiring much power, it's going to be extremely frustrating to use. You might also want to consider running Linux on this box, if you're the Linux type. Yellow Dog Linux is written to run on this age of hardware and is available for download for free from ydl.net. Odds are the performance would be better and you'd have access to more up-to-date browsers and apps than with the MacOS included with the computer. [/QUOTE]
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