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iBook (original)
My iBook: 300 MHz G3 Processor, 3.2 GB HD, 544 MB RAM (512+32), 12" TFT (Thin Film Transistor) screen, CD, 4 MB ATi Rage graphics card, Airport card, Mac OS X (10.3.6). The so-called "clamshell" design. Tangerine. Bought December 1999.
Planned Upgrades: 30 GB HD.
My sister's iBook SE: 466 MHz G3 Processor, 20 GB HD, 320 MB (256 + 64), 12" TFT screen, DVD, 8 MB ATI Rage graphics card, Mac OS X (10.3.6). So called "Paris" model, "clamshell". Key Lime. Bought December 2001 (clearance item from Cancom).
Planned upgrades: I might give her an Airport card.
- iBook homepage at Apple (and UK version)
- http://www.crucial.com/uk UK RAM manafacturer
Although the official Apple limit on RAM in the single slot of a clamshell iBook is 256 MB, you can in fact put in a 512 MB chip - Upgrading the Hard Drive is officially not possible, but there are ways to do it. In the UK you can find suitable HDs here. The maximum depth of the portable HD should be 9.5mm. I'm thinking of sticking in an IBM (Hitachi) Travelstar 30.0GB Internal 2.5" HDD (4200RPM). MCE also make drives and can upgrade them for you
- Airport card (not an Airport Extreme card!). You can use an Airport Extreme base station though since Apple no longer sell the old Airport base station. Latest info on the Apple Airport homepage
- Bluetooth adapter (requires OS X 10.2)
- iPod MP3 player (Apple page), car connection kit
- Replacement battery in the UK from Cancom. Made by BTI. For the US try LaptopsForLess
- iBook specifications from Apple
- iBook manuals from Apple
- The Little iBook Book by John Tollett and Robin Williams, recommended reading
- I've read that you can get a CD-RW put into a clamshell iBook. I don't think you can add a DVD to the original iBook (even though the iBook SE had one)
- Hotrodding the original iBook
- The Macnut
- Refurbed iBooks from Cancom in the UK
- Upgrading the HD in a new iBook (white)
- iBook (white) optical/hard drive upgrading (for entertainment only?)
- Mac-Upgrade.com – iBook/PowerBook
PowerMac G4 Cube
My Cube: 450 MHz G4 Processor, 20 GB HD, 576 MB RAM (256+256+64), 17" Apple Studio Display (CRT), DVD, 16 MB ATi Rage graphics card, Airport card, Mac OS X (10.3.6). Bought March 2001.
Potential Upgrades: 512 MB RAM chip(s).
- PowerMac Cube homepage at Apple
- http://www.crucial.com/uk UK RAM manafacturer
You can put up to three 512 MB chips in for a potential 1.5 GB of RAM - MCE make a DVD-R "super" drive for the Cube, or a CD-RW/DVD combo drive
- Airport card (not an Airport Extreme card!). You can use an Airport Extreme base station though since Apple no longer sell the old Airport base station. Latest info on the Apple Airport homepage
- Technical Specifications from Apple
- PowerMac Cube manuals from Apple
- CubeOwner.com
- PowerLogix PowerForce G4 800 MHz for Apple Cube inc. fan (from Cancom)
- PowerLogix 800 MHz G4 processor upgrade review
- Sonnet upgrades for the Cube
- ATi Radeon 9000 64 MB Graphics Card (from Cancom)
- Upgrading the Cube from 2ndchancePC.co.uk
PowerBook G4
My Powerbook: 1.5 GHz G4 Processor, 80 GB HD (5400 rpm Ultra ATA/100), 1 GB RAM (512+512), 15.2" TFT (widescreen), SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW), ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 graphics processor with AGP 4X support and 128 MB of DDR SDRAM video memory, Airport Extreme, Bluetooth, Mac OS X (10.3.6). Bought December 2004.
Potential Upgrades: 1 GB RAM chip(s).
Extras
- Printer: Canon i850 BubbleJet printer
- Firewire Hard Drive: SmartDisk FireLite 40 GB
- Scanner: Canon CanoScan N670U
- USB Hub
- Iomega 250 MB Zip drive (USB)
Other computers: I also have a Pentium MMX PC from 1995 (Packard Bell) that currently has RedHat Linux 7 on it, and a Pentium II PC from late 1998 (Dell) that is currently empty (just got it free from work and haven't done anything with it yet).