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Upgrading an ibook G4

  • 23-11-2008 4:36pm
    #1
    gerry87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 872 ✭✭✭


    Hey, my ibooks been getting a little sluggish lately. I was thinking instead of buying a new laptop, would it be more useful upgrading parts since it would be cheaper and kinda prefer the size to macbooks.

    Would it work well, say http://www.ifixit.com/Products/G4-12-Inch-iBook/Hard-Drives/7/83 one of those and one of http://www.ifixit.com/Products/G4-12-Inch-iBook/RAM/11/83

    That would be 250 GB hard drive and 1 GB of RAM for $200. Are there any cheaper places/better choices around?

    Also, I've got an ibook with a broken motherboard in the garage, is there any way i could bring that into the equation? I hasn't been used as much as mine, so if i swapped parts from that, would it speed mine up at all?


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  • #2
    pvik00
    Closed Accounts Posts: 161 ✭✭pvik00


    As long as you don't plan on using latest software you'll probably be OK with maxing out the RAM and buying a larger disk.

    It's not just upgrading hardware that you can/should do, there are also quite a number of things that help to improve the user experience on older iBooks, so it's worth going through them, too. Just use google or look around on this forum.

    - Delete unused SW (properly)
    - Disable features you never use
    - Lower the average memory footprint of the OS by disabling the automatic startup of sw you barely use (if you don't use the Dashboard, it's a very good candidate)
    - Disable unnecessary eyecandy
    - Remove localizations of foreign languages you'll never need
    - Strip all unibin code your machine cannot run
    - Free up space on your existing HDD

    If you still have questions, let me know.

    Having another iBook is handy enough if they're the exact same model, as if you'll need one repaired apple will supply parts for crazy money. Other than that, unless you're really experienced, I wouldn't recommend swapping parts yourself as it's rather difficult even if you're in full appreciation of what you're doing.


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