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bani-banan
03-08-2008, 04:40 PM
Hey guys!
I was at a flee market searching for shit to play with.
Then -It appeared in front of me. One of the ugliest chassis ever. THE MAC G4.
I bought it - for $20.

I thought It was a good deal. I was thinking - "hey, I saw this one on wikipedia a couple of days ago. It said something about 2004. let's hope it is. That retard is selling it to me for such a low price, I bet it's stolen".

It was a 1999 version. Do have no idea how much I hate myself.

Any ways.

I don't know what to do with it.

I want to upgrade things, but I remembered that this isn't a "PC". Can't replace CPU, nor graphics card. (That's what I really want to replace).

Do you know of any good sites that have processors to about 1GHZ?
This is a PPC, obviously. Also, I'm not afraid to clock the shit out of this son of a bitch. Which means, I'm not afraid to bring out the soldering iron.
(I doubt it's soldered)

Tips, suggestions, OS suggestions would be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Bani-Banan
computoman
03-08-2008, 05:57 PM
Some one did not know what they had. you got a bargain. You might think about putting linux on it. ubuntu fedora suse slackware all have installs for it. linux is legal and lots of software available. I use linux on myold mac machines. Somehting I will never regret.
bani-banan
03-08-2008, 06:47 PM
Some one did not know what they had. you got a bargain. You might think about putting linux on it. ubuntu fedora suse slackware all have installs for it. linux is legal and lots of software available. I use linux on myold mac machines. Somehting I will never regret.

I'm to be honest, not afraid of doing illegal things.

I've done multiple hackintosh computers, I've pirated Vista.

(I now own a license, still using hackintosh though)

Thanks for the answer.

How do you boot from CD on the mac? Holding down the c-button while booting?
richiestang_78
03-08-2008, 07:44 PM
Correct, just hodl C button.
computoman
03-15-2008, 01:50 AM
How is the fast user switching and use of vnc on the mac g4?
computoman
03-15-2008, 02:07 AM
Correct, just hodl C button.

Since Apple and Mr. Jobs do not want to support their older apple mac systems anymore, I plan to convert my last working mac ppc g3 towers from os9 and osx to linux also. At least I will still get software updates for a while longer.
elrod
03-26-2008, 02:18 AM
Hi there!
For upgrading, try (www.otherworldcomputing.com). I have a G4 dual 1.25mhz. i've ordered from them for my upgrading and it worked out well. Click on their Tech Support tab. They have many video tutorials on "How To's" Good Luck!, elrod
rowlodge
03-27-2008, 03:25 AM
im selling my ibook g4 on "craigslist", wasnt sure anybody wanted it for $349, but getting some offers for it anyway, about the same just has 933 mhz though.