I have a stack (probably 3 feet tall) of spare working IDE laptop drives, when you collect laptops they tend to come in handy.
Generally anything pre OSX 10.3 is unusable and 10.3/10.4x suck with that rage video chip and 8MB of RAM plus low RAM ceiling. Since I do have another working Ibook g3 500 with OS 9 I will probably leave it as is for now, or remove the HD and install another (kind of a pain on those models) if needed. I have a few ibook and Powerbook G4's around for a usable OSX 10.4.11 experience if needed.
No install media just the laptop and some dirt. Ebay find for $10 shipped
The battery is an aftermarket one from 2005 that still charges ( no idea how long it lasts). Seems like this model had major issues from the factory, luckily this one works.
Generally anything pre OSX 10.3 is unusable and 10.3/10.4x suck with that rage video chip and 8MB of RAM plus low RAM ceiling. Since I do have another working Ibook g3 500 with OS 9 I will probably leave it as is for now, or remove the HD and install another (kind of a pain on those models) if needed. I have a few ibook and Powerbook G4's around for a usable OSX 10.4.11 experience if needed.
No install media just the laptop and some dirt. Ebay find for $10 shipped
The battery is an aftermarket one from 2005 that still charges ( no idea how long it lasts). Seems like this model had major issues from the factory, luckily this one works.