G4-iBook w/o OS - Question

2005-12-09 Thread BGbank
Greetings folks, This may be a no-brainer Q... but I don't know... I'm thinking of buying from a certain vendor a G4 ibook that comes without an OS. My Q is, How can you install an OS if it doesn't already have one? I have OS 9.1 CDs which came with this current G3 ibook (300mhz, 6gig, 128

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2005-12-09 Thread BGbank
that advice I now have a much clearer idea of what I'm doing! Best regards, Gail - on 09/12/05 05:23, BGbank at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings folks, This may be a no-brainer Q... but I don't know... I'm thinking of buying from a certain vendor a G4 ibook that comes without an OS. My

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2005-12-09 Thread BGbank
Gene Osburn at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/9/05 1:33 PM What's the most important factor on an ibook for it to work the best/faster? Max RAM will have the most salutory effect - I'd say *AT LEAST* 512 MB is needed, 1 GB or more is even better. Thank you! The G4-800mhz they are selling

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2005-12-09 Thread BGbank
CD's included in the sale, which is pirated software and also a violation of the LEM rules but apparently the nanny never reads the posts. -- Ron http://krowmagnum.4mg.com/ Ops! Cat's out of the bag now! ;-) Gail --- On 12/9/05, BGbank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

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2005-12-09 Thread BGbank
, beware. Thanks! Gail On Dec 9, 2005, at 9:40 AM, BGbank wrote: Dylan McDermond at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/9/05 10:46 AM G4 iBooks will require Panther or better. It will not boot into any version of 9. Just buy the retail CD's for Panther or DVD for Tiger, boot

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2005-12-09 Thread BGbank
Clark Martin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/9/05 1:39 PM At 10:33 AM -0800 12/9/05, Gene Osburn wrote: What's the most important factor on an ibook for it to work the best/faster? Max RAM will have the most salutory effect - I'd say *AT LEAST* 512 MB is needed, 1 GB or more is even

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2005-12-09 Thread BGbank
Krow Magnum at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/9/05 1:48 PM On 12/9/05, John Siple [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: eBay-ers will probably bid the price of that G4 way over $400. I've also run into sneaky stuff like little extra charges because the sellers complain that they are just paying too much

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2005-12-09 Thread BGbank
--- On 12/9/05, BGbank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The G3/500mhz/55gig/384ram/Tiger guy actually sent me an ebay message asking if I wanted to look at his ebay item, and he listed the item #. When I asked how he knew I was even looking, he never gave an answer (I

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2005-12-09 Thread BGbank
Van Snyder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/9/05 2:43 PM snip I've got a yahoo email list and I just can't find emails anymore - I've reached the boggled-mind limit lol). ah, the beauty of Gmail. I would never argue against the merits of Tiger, but if the email is the one thing pushing

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2005-12-09 Thread BGbank
Tom Ethen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/9/05 4:48 PM This is completely against ebay policy and you may be setting yourself up for a problem without the protection (such as it is) of dealing through ebay. Tom Thanks, I thought it was odd for hm to contact me that way, too. His G3

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2005-12-09 Thread BGbank
On 12/9/05, BGbank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you! The G4-800mhz they are selling has 640mb which the specs say is the max for that model. Of course the G3-300mhz clamshell I'm using now has the bare MINImum, 128. Will Tiger function okay on a G3/500mhz ibook? The Tiger