Web browsing performance of G3 iBook with a SSD

366MHz G3 iBook running OS X Panther.
533X Compact Flash card instead of a hard drive.

Best performance was found using Firefox 2 that is optimized for the PowerPC, with the NoScript extension. Version 2 of Firefox is that newest one that runs on Panther. The G3 processor is very slow with streaming video, so using NoScript to block Flash animations is key. You can download them here:

http://www.rpm-mozilla.org.uk/
http://noscript.net/

Showing the Yahoo homepage with ads enabled, so it's a little slow. Slashdot is mostly text so it loads and scrolls quickly. Wisebread is a site that uses scripts & ads that give me slow load times on older computers unless NoScript is used. TV Guide site loads fast because scripts are blocked, you can see the TV Listings window is empty at the end. Allowing java would add about 20 seconds, then scrolling the listings is fine.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Apple
• Mac
• Clamshell
• iBook
• Panther
• SSD
• CompactFlash
• web
• browser
• speed
• PowerPC
• G3

[TheSantiayo]

can you install lion or snow leopard?

thanks!

[carlblemming]

@TheSantiayo No Lion or Snow Leopard on a PowerPC Mac, those require the Intel processor. The newest OS that can run on PowerPC is Leopard. But, because this is a G3 PowerPC the newest that can run on a clamshell iBook is Tiger.

[applefreak441]

How to build in a Compact Flash Card ?

[carlblemming]

@applefreak441 I used the Addonics CF-IDE adapter. The old 6GB hard drive was removed, and replaced with this adapter with two compact flash cards plugged into it.

[bobjoefredsky]

wtf do u still have this crappppp

[totalguineapiglover]

How do u get apps or like games on it I cantfigure it out

[Crashbndcoot121]

@TheSantiayo LOL...

[TheSantiayo]

@carlblemming Can someone take the ibook clamshell, take everything out, install everything of a macbook pro lets say 13 inch, made some stuff, and create the most powerful ibook ever?

Thanks!

[iXisGaming]

@TheSantiayo Lion; definitively no. Snow Leopard; i'm not sure.

[zenlstate]

I have always wanted to grab a graphite 466 iBook but never bothered looking for one. This video has inspired me to. I never really liked the orange, blue or green but love the graphite.