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The most extreme series of Mods Ever Done To A Powerbook G4 Titanium
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1293338" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>First time you mentioned this. Having OS install disks...and software that's at least somewhat "vintage" to the Powerbook are Big pluses.</p><p></p><p>That 7200 rpm 500 gig drive is certainly going to cost you more than you paid for the computer. In fact since this is an older Powerbook...you need an ATA hard drive...and I don't think that you're going to find one bigger than 320 gigs, 5400rpm, all for around $112.99.</p><p></p><p>And it's probably a great ideas to max out the ram...and ram for these older computers can be MUCH more expensive than you think. Again...costing much more than the original purchase price of the computer. The 667mhz logic board has 2 ram slots (max. ram is 1 gig)...so 2 x 512 sticks of ram will cost you around $50 bucks...the 867mhz logic board has 1 ram slot. A 1 gig stick of ram for it will cost you around $36 bucks.</p><p></p><p>So it will still cost you around $150 bucks to get this thing upgraded properly. The computer cost you $20 bucks (plus at least $15-$20 for shipping, maybe more). Not sure how much this 867mhz logic board you want to put in it cost you. A standard replacement battery will cost you at least $75 bucks. Add to this the cost of the water cooling system. And you mentioned painting it (and other small stuff)</p><p></p><p>Add everything up, and eventually you'll easily have close to $300 bucks invested into this computer (maybe more). </p><p></p><p>You wanna know how much I paid for a really nice 2.0ghz Core 2 Duo MacBook, with a perfect battery, 2 gig of ram, and a 120gig HD??...$350 bucks on Craig's List...no shipping costs.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>As you can see...a used MacBook does not cost much more than everything you have planned for this Powerbook G4. And this is assuming that the Powerbook G4 doesn't get trashed during the water cooling system experiments...or the logic board swap!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1293338, member: 56379"] First time you mentioned this. Having OS install disks...and software that's at least somewhat "vintage" to the Powerbook are Big pluses. That 7200 rpm 500 gig drive is certainly going to cost you more than you paid for the computer. In fact since this is an older Powerbook...you need an ATA hard drive...and I don't think that you're going to find one bigger than 320 gigs, 5400rpm, all for around $112.99. And it's probably a great ideas to max out the ram...and ram for these older computers can be MUCH more expensive than you think. Again...costing much more than the original purchase price of the computer. The 667mhz logic board has 2 ram slots (max. ram is 1 gig)...so 2 x 512 sticks of ram will cost you around $50 bucks...the 867mhz logic board has 1 ram slot. A 1 gig stick of ram for it will cost you around $36 bucks. So it will still cost you around $150 bucks to get this thing upgraded properly. The computer cost you $20 bucks (plus at least $15-$20 for shipping, maybe more). Not sure how much this 867mhz logic board you want to put in it cost you. A standard replacement battery will cost you at least $75 bucks. Add to this the cost of the water cooling system. And you mentioned painting it (and other small stuff) Add everything up, and eventually you'll easily have close to $300 bucks invested into this computer (maybe more). You wanna know how much I paid for a really nice 2.0ghz Core 2 Duo MacBook, with a perfect battery, 2 gig of ram, and a 120gig HD??...$350 bucks on Craig's List...no shipping costs.:) As you can see...a used MacBook does not cost much more than everything you have planned for this Powerbook G4. And this is assuming that the Powerbook G4 doesn't get trashed during the water cooling system experiments...or the logic board swap!;) [/QUOTE]
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