on 10/04/05 01:41, Amanda Ward at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just bought a 12" iBook 500 from eBay... wanted something a little more > contemporary than my trusty Wallstreet. I've done some google-ing and gotten > a lot of information, but I have a couple of questions. > 1. The 'book can accept an Airport card, but are there limitations on which > cards can be used? > 2. It has a 10GB hard drive which is... well, not big. I have a 40GB USB > drive and want to know if the iBook can boot from that drive? > 3. I'd like to run OS X on the machine and was wondering if the 500 MHz cpu > would give acceptable performance? I don't do graphics stuff... just some > word processing, spreadsheets and listen to an occasional music CD.
Amanda, The only limitation on the AirPort card is that it uses the first generation Apple AirPort card. These cards are kind of in short supply and sometimes, you may end up paying more than the more recent and current AirPort Extreme card. As I understand it, you cannot boot a Mac from a USB drive. It has to be FireWire. You could probably find a FireWire enclosure for $25-$30 and transfer the drive from the USB enclosure into the FireWire one. If the drive is a 2.5" one, then you could also transfer the drive into your iBook. For basic stuff like you describe, OS X would work fine. I did run OS X on my old PowerBook Pismo at 500MHz before I upgraded to a PB 17" and OS X did run fine on it. -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] flowchart n.: [techspeak] An archaic form of visual control-flow specification employing arrows and 'speech balloons' of various shapes. Hackers never use flowcharts, consider them extremely silly, and associate them with COBOL programmers, card wallopers, and other lower forms of life. This attitude follows from the observations that flowcharts (at least from a hacker's point of view) are no easier to read than code, are less precise, and tend to fall out of sync with the code (so that they either obfuscate it rather than explaining it, or require extra maintenance effort that doesn't improve the code). See also PDL, sense 1. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
