Got a free laptop. (MAC)

[Theguynextdoor]

It's a powerbook G3. This thing is kinda pissing me off already with the one button getup. How do I remove programs? I have OSX on it. That's about all I know about. 133 mHz. 192 MB ram. Can I just buy more ram for it? Does it use the same ram as a PC or does it require "Mac ram". BTW I'm posting from it.

Thanks for all the help guys.

 

[pcgeek11]

Originally posted by: Theguynextdoor

OK.

 

[Scott66]

powerbooks use sodimms like pcs but make sure you get what is recommended for the laptop as faster memory is just underclocked to the mac's specifications. To remove a program you click on the harddrive than applications than drag the program icon you want to get rid of to the trash. See how easy it can be

Also connect your window mouse to the USB and works just fine with the right click. Apple does care about ex window users

 

[Theguynextdoor]

Thanks for the reply, my only usb mouse is at my dorm so I have to wait til I get back to school to use an external mouse.

 

[imported_Lucifer]

Ok, first of all:

1) There is no such thing as a Powerbook G3 133mhz. The slowest Powerbook G3 available is 233mhz. Perhaps you mean 233mhz.

2) If it is 133mhz, you are probably talking about the older Powerbooks with the 603 processor. OS X will not run on the 603 processor. Minimum processor requirements for OS X is a G3 processor. You may be running an older operating system, prior to OS X.

3) You can use the same RAM as a PC. My Powermac G4 has 768mb of RAM, picked it all up from my local PC shop.

4) If you want to remove a program, just drag the application to the trash can and empty it. Application is gone.

Get more info regarding this laptop. I should be able to help you out. Click the Apple menu and click About this mac. It should give you the system information.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Right click: ctrl + click
Select multiple files: click on one, hold the command key and select more files.

 

[Theguynextdoor]

Ok guys, I had a total brain fart, it's actually a 333mhz G3 with 192MB ram. It crashed a few times when I had a few IE browsers open. Safari wouldn't open at all. It's so slow it's killing me here. I think it just needs more RAM though. The 4gig hard drive is useless to me. If I get an OSX cd, can I put a regular HDD into it? Would it even be worth it?

 

[nsafreak]

While 192MB of RAM is not a huge amount it should be sufficient to run a laptop with OS X and basic capabilities like web browsing. I think something else may be wrong with this laptop but the only PowerPC I have is a 604e clone and it's running Debian. I'd check around for some system utilities and see if they can tell you anything about the Mac that you have.

 

[Brazen]

I've written a definitive guide to using Mac's for you:

Step 1. Install Linux
Step 2. ....
Step 3. Profit

 

[hopejr]

Originally posted by: Brazen
I've written a definitive guide to using Mac's for you:

Step 1. Install Linux
Step 2. ....
Step 3. Profit

Disagree, that's better for PC's

 

[chcarnage]

Ok, so you've got this model apparently.

Because you say that Safari doesn't run I guess you're running a Pre-OS X operating system. You can verify this easily if the Apple icon on the upper left corner of the screen is not blue. This information is important for further support.

It's possible to install the first four flavors of OS X on this powerbook (OS X 10.0-10.3) but it won't install the newest version (10.4 aka "Tiger").

As was mentioned earlier, you can upgrade the RAM. But as you can see in the specs sheet, you must take away the 64MB RAM stick to do so because the Powerbook only has two slots.

On one hand, it's an old machine and I would think well about how much money you want to invest for RAM and Software, on the other hand if it is your first occasion to tinker with a Mac, there's hardly a reason to do so with MacOS 9.

But if you just want to connect it to the internet and if you're not interested in tinkering with OS X, MacOS 9 will do fine.

Search the forum for introductions to the Mac world, there were several topics about it in the recent months.

 

[n0cmonkey]

I guess I could take it off our hands for the price of shiping. :evil: