96MB of RAM was never enough for Mac OS X. 10.1 only started to move at a decent rate with 160MB of RAM, and even then you'd have hardly any left to open any programs(excellent virtual memory management struggling to be of any assistance on these old slow hard drives).
@wwoorrdd I agree with you about that. 10.1 was sluggish as lol. It originally had OS 9 but it was Asian and I couldn't read half of the stuff on it. If I still had the clam-shell I would have reloaded 9.2.2 and put a heap of software and games on it. But for now my old power-mac running OS 9 is enough.
@TheGonzalezvalle no you don't. the ram is actually under the keyboard.
sneadrecords 3 months ago
So? I have 10.2.8 on mine.
sneadrecords 3 months ago
96MB of RAM was never enough for Mac OS X. 10.1 only started to move at a decent rate with 160MB of RAM, and even then you'd have hardly any left to open any programs(excellent virtual memory management struggling to be of any assistance on these old slow hard drives).
wwoorrdd 1 year ago
@wwoorrdd I agree with you about that. 10.1 was sluggish as lol. It originally had OS 9 but it was Asian and I couldn't read half of the stuff on it. If I still had the clam-shell I would have reloaded 9.2.2 and put a heap of software and games on it. But for now my old power-mac running OS 9 is enough.
macman2256 1 year ago
@wwoorrdd wait, 96MB? I have 576MB.
sneadrecords 3 months ago
hey how do you update it... i have tried and it tells me error
DrsuperCubano 1 year ago
it can 10.3 you know!
MrHonwe 2 years ago
The iBook clamshell only supports WEP encryption or no encryption :P over wireless
skoolpie123 2 years ago
Install More RAM and it will work faster?
HBeagley 2 years ago
@HBeagley yes it will but u can not install ram in it becouse u have to take apart the whole computer to et to it
TheGonzalezvalle 5 months ago
can you up grade the prossesor of the clamshell
buddha429 2 years ago
NO! the processor is soldered no the Logic Board
macman2256 2 years ago
@macman2256
Could you in theory take a 900mhz g3 cpu from one logic board and solder it to a clamshell?
daro2096 1 year ago
@daro2096 I would doubt it. The chips would be different I would imagine.
macman2256 1 year ago
@daro2096 you have to also deal with the heat.
MacUserG4 1 year ago
yeah too bad the g4 processor upgrades are really expensive
Macuserppcintel 2 years ago
Yea i was gonna get the 1ghz g4 upgrade but with the current exchange rate it wasn't worth getting a upgrade for the old Powermac g3
macman2256 2 years ago
yeah i could see if it was your primary but, yeh your right,.
Macuserppcintel 2 years ago
I don't think it even had idisk on it, thats the boot screen for the original mac os x, before the boot screen on 10.2
macman2256 2 years ago
The mercury in the display needs time to warm up and when it does that the colours on the display brighter.
iLearnTech 2 years ago
Hey, Only the mac os x 10.1 boot screen was dark, when it had mac os 9 it was bright from the second it turned on!
macman2256 2 years ago
do you still have the power mac?
macprorocks 2 years ago
No, I sold it, as i now have a 24" imac
macman2256 2 years ago