Hi guys
No I'm definitely not expecting it to run like my Hp DV7 or desktop PC. I've seen the YouTube video, booting the model powerbook I'm thinking of buying, next to its intel based counterpart, the intel beats it hands down.
However as it has been pointed out, compared to my Pismo it will still be damn fast. I've held off buying a new mac for years, simply because I had a terrible experience with the white G3 Ibook, I had the 12" and the 14", both had the GPU fail and after that I lost all trust in new 2003-2005 era Apple laptops. Earlier this year I bought a pismo off eBay for £10 and found it had the xlr8 CPU board inside. Which I took out and installed in my Pismo, the G4 really gave it a boost!
I have been doing a spot of research and I did read about the memory slot fault, my main concern was any sort of GPU, BGA soldering issues. Which thus far I'm relieved to find isn't and issue with the G4 PB, unless I've just not found reference to it yet. I don't mind taking machines apart, I spent most of last year rebuilding my Macintosh Plus, the Ibook is by far the worst machine I have ever worked on, removing the hdd is like pulling teeth.
Some of you may disagree with me, but over the years I've felt Apples support for hardware has really begun to suck, dropping products 2-3 years old and leaving people high and dry. I was looking at the ipad recently and read that the original is no longer receiving updates, it's essentially been dropped. It's put me off investing in anything new, I'm content with getting the older tech and giving it a purpose
No I'm definitely not expecting it to run like my Hp DV7 or desktop PC. I've seen the YouTube video, booting the model powerbook I'm thinking of buying, next to its intel based counterpart, the intel beats it hands down.
However as it has been pointed out, compared to my Pismo it will still be damn fast. I've held off buying a new mac for years, simply because I had a terrible experience with the white G3 Ibook, I had the 12" and the 14", both had the GPU fail and after that I lost all trust in new 2003-2005 era Apple laptops. Earlier this year I bought a pismo off eBay for £10 and found it had the xlr8 CPU board inside. Which I took out and installed in my Pismo, the G4 really gave it a boost!
I have been doing a spot of research and I did read about the memory slot fault, my main concern was any sort of GPU, BGA soldering issues. Which thus far I'm relieved to find isn't and issue with the G4 PB, unless I've just not found reference to it yet. I don't mind taking machines apart, I spent most of last year rebuilding my Macintosh Plus, the Ibook is by far the worst machine I have ever worked on, removing the hdd is like pulling teeth.
Some of you may disagree with me, but over the years I've felt Apples support for hardware has really begun to suck, dropping products 2-3 years old and leaving people high and dry. I was looking at the ipad recently and read that the original is no longer receiving updates, it's essentially been dropped. It's put me off investing in anything new, I'm content with getting the older tech and giving it a purpose