iBook G3 Clamshell Unboxing

[Genixel]

Can't say the iBook G3 really looks good. I can't help but think "I'd hate to be seen walking around College with one of those"

But I guess at the time it looked really good. I remember when I was really young and saw one of the Bondi iMacs, always thought it was top of the range in those days.

[ehtasham10]

does it use a charger and how can it be upgarded



[macman2256]

@ehtasham10 Are you serious? Yes it does use a charger, battery was dud so needed to be run off the charger to use it. You can open these up and upgrade Ram/Hard Drive but TBH it's not worth the hassle, atleast for the HDD.

[MyJesse1010]

That iBook sucks my dick

[macman2256]

@MyJesse1010 You sir are a moron.

[BecauseWhereBored]

He's such a kiwi :)

[AppleGuy6789]

Do you think i can put an AirPort card into my PowerMac G4? Please answer!

[macman2256]

@AppleGuy6789 Yes you can, My Powermac G4 Digital Audio has a Airport card. Pretty useless in this day in age since they only run on Wireless B and don't support current WPA etc...

[MrCarmani12]

hey i got the same that machine is awsome

[KayakServer]

This iBook Clamshell is 1 year older then my iMac G3

Could i Put a Airport card in My iMac G3?

[macman2256]

@KayakServer The iMac G3 Slot Loading can have an Airport Card with a adapter, don't think the Tray Loading can.

[noddy589radio]

@macman2256 the tray loading cant

[boyuchuadaniel]

@KayakServer yes u can!! but u must use the older style 802.11 b/g adapter from apple.

[KayakServer]

@boyuchuadaniel Lol Wondering if Jaguar Supports WiFi

I'm Winning Mac OS X Jaguar and 128 MB PC66

BTW iMac G3 is Bondi Blue Tray loader

[boyuchuadaniel]

@KayakServer yes jag do support wifi.

[KayakServer]

@boyuchuadaniel cool!

I Might End Up Getin Panther 2 :)

[brandonblog100]

Anger management??

[theromanianchild]

i paid $4 for mine at value world

[sepehrseb]

u rally suck at holding a camera!

[macman2256]

@sepehrseb and you 'Really' suck at spelling :P

[jcer93705]

Hey sir can you give me the model number of ur airport? I want to buy one that fits into mine.

[macman2256]

@jcer93705 Hi, I honestly can't remember, all the cards that look like this should work fine, they fit the g3's g4's. My powermac G4 has the same airport card.

[monkeywithissues]

i remember being in high school and waiting out in line in front of a mac world to buy this ahhh the 90's

[ConorH897]

are you selling tht and if so for how much?

[justsayinization]

god im glad its 2010

[SystemPandaz]

whoot whoott i manage to get one of these 33$ man cant wait til it arrives lolz really nifty laptop.does the laptop overheat? like badly?

[jcer93705]

@SystemPandaz

I just got 3 of these from a yard sale. Paid 2 for 7 dollars each and other because lcd leakage for 3 bucks.

[DeLong6994]

my school used to use these for every student until 2005

[TheOn3LeftBehind]

OMG. LMFAO AT THE SPECS.  But pretty color.

[macman2256]

@TheOn3LeftBehind LOL, just remember this computer is from 1999.

[TheOn3LeftBehind]

@macman2256 Oh yeah. It's just funny to think about since we came so far! LOL

[macman2256]

@macman2256 Yea, It's crazy how we have gone from 300mhz cpu's to 6 core 3.2ghz cpu's lol.

[FelipeYamagishi]

You have the same mouse that I have, Logitech MX518.

Nice ibook.

[Chintendoeddman]

I found 2 that I want to buy. one is $125 (upgraded and comes with airport) and one is $10 ( not so sure) GOTTA LOVE EBAY

[Null81]

this would be a great work computer, to take notes in class and music. Sweet!

[thetechman453]

i just bought one off ebay for 35.00 free shipping

[hanadeathnote]

i want one lolerz idc how old they are ther kool looking

[macman2256]

Yes, they look cool, I love the design and look of the ibook Clamshell. They are around 11 years old now, If i recall correctly they came out with the iMacs in 1998-1999

[Time123123]

the ibook g3 clamshell can have up to a 120gb hd and 579mb ram and 466mhz processor and mac os x tiger so it's acctually pretty advanced for 1999! think about in 1999 if you had one of these you would have the fastest computer of your time, i bet an old dell from 1999 wouldnt work as good as this

[MacUserG4]

@Time123123 the 466 isn't 1999 its early 2001

[codeythesilent]

@Time123123

Pft, if it's a dell it would have died in 2000 xD In my A+ CompTIA class the dells keep randomly dieing and have to be switched out. And they're only a couple years old!

[delliswierd]

@codeythesilent lol, i have a Dell Latitude C610 with windows xp and it still works fine, just the latch for the battery is broken! :)

[macintoshman17]

Where can you find an airport card for one of these except mine has 366 megs and it is running os x 10.2.8?

[theanthony345]

hay were did u get the mac and is it heavy

[macsandvaios]

i feel kind of sorry for you u should of saved for at least a macbook

[macman2256]

Did you see the 24" high end imac in the background. I purchase these as vintage machines to play around with, not to use as a main machine

[richardmaudsley77]

You're pretty dumb, arn't you? G3's own.

[jjproctor]

i bought mine for 5.00!!! woot alot less then yours

[sluggohat]

yeah , but your ibook cant play YouTUbe!!

[jjproctor]

yea but thats why i got my hackintosh and my desktop pc (aghh) i only use mine for radio and ichat soon im planing to get the iBook G4 same place i got my iBook G3 but for only 10.00 :)

[sluggohat]

where do you get it so cheap?

[jjproctor]

auctions usually from schools that try to sell them then they get cheap ass's like me my fav place is spence's bazar open tuesday friday and saturday and i fuged on the ibook price think lower like 5.00 srry

:)

[RandomActsCorp]

Lucky you could buy like 3, keep one and sell the rest :)

[jjproctor]

yea buy them for 5-10 dollors resell for 100 - 190 !

[richardmaudsley77]

Download it and run in quicktime, runs fine.

[psivewri]

man you were lucky to get one for $5!!!

[Killbillx666]

Thanks for sharing that was really great :)

[serbianstud16]

why would you buy it i mean even for 60 bucks u get what u pay for a 3.2gb hdd u cant store anything on it

[macman2256]

I purchased this as I have a huge interest in Vintage Apple Technology. Yea i know it was beyond gutless and the storage space was pathetic but at the time is was great. Funny how much tech has changed I paid 111$ for my 640gb HDD LOL. BTW its in New Zealand Dollars

[CommandoKiwi]

Ur a Kiwi!

[macman2256]

Yep, im a kiwi

[CommandoKiwi]

Me too!

[MrAndrewwelsh]

I will buy that Clamshell 100 dollas

[FixedHDD]

How small your dock is... (in the iMac)

[JainaMac]

Make sure you upgrade your firmware on this before you install OSX. It's an easy install but the OSX won't "take" without it.

[slimac55]

When I got my iBook, it was bigger than it looked in photos and videos. Did you find that?

[macman2256]

Yea, It seemed bigger than my old NEC Versa S970 Which had a 15.4 display.

[superjon92]

Thats awesome man! I almost bought one of those just after christmas.

Cool video dude.

Jon

[macman2256]

Yea, the imac is the best computer i have ever owned

[windowshacker66]

that machines runs OS X Tiger just fine! I have the same one just laying around

[macman2256]

If i want to run tiger i have to hack it as it does not have firewire

[windowshacker66]

no hacking needed all you have to do is take the hard drive out and put it into a computer that does have firewire and install tiger on it then plop it back in. That easy!

[macman2256]

Yea, i know that, do you know how much pissing around it takes to get the hdd out, its not ovally easy, And its not worth it with a 300mhz processor. Anyway i sold this ibook yesterday and made a decent profit. as it was a little underpowered for the basic tasks i wanted to do with it

[Macuserppcintel]

u can swap teh harddrives around and somewhere i heard the cd version of tiger works without firewire