Use PowerPC for a week? — #23
My weapons of choice are 9.2.2 and Leopard
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Use PowerPC for a week? — #22
For what it is worth you likely will not hate the experience as much as you might expect if you play your cards right with the initial setup... I actually go out of my way to use t…
Use PowerPC for a week? — #21
I think this is on! Perhaps June will be PowerPC month .
Use PowerPC for a week? — #20
I use my 3 G4 iBooks (2), PowerBook (1) and my G4 Tower for everything everyday since I acquired them long ago. I do have a iMac Intel Mini but do not have a working PSU for it.
S…
Use PowerPC for a week? — #19
My main machine is an upgraded Quicksilver G4, which I am using right now. With a 1.6ghz 7447A, a SATA card( with 10000rpm WD's), a Radeon 9000 and an usb card, it can handle youtu…
Use PowerPC for a week? — #18
Well, it *is* a challenge after all.
Use PowerPC for a week? — #17
when i use my 1.42 Ghz iBook G4 with maxed out RAM the machine does ok with youtube sometimes its a little strange though
Use PowerPC for a week? — #16
A few months ago.
Use PowerPC for a week? — #15
I used my 1 GHz TiBook for awhile, but it got rather frustrating, because it kept kernel panicking if I did anything intensive (which brought up the temperatures, making me think i…
Use PowerPC for a week? — #14
Well I paid US$70-80 for it, like 10 months ago!
Edit: When did you buy yours?
Use PowerPC for a week? — #13
Kinda high IMO. I paid $20 for my 500MHz unit, in mint condition. Just had a dead PRAM preventing boot.
Use PowerPC for a week? — #12
What about http://www.gainsaver.com/catalog/Detail.aspx?&CCode=1015^Apple&CCode=3398^Mac+Laptops&ACode=G4&CCode=3407^PowerBooks&cICode=43669…
Use PowerPC for a week? — #11
10.4 and 10.5 won't be amazing on it since that GPU doesn't support CoreImage and it's capped at 1GB ram, but it would probably be a fairly good challenge.
Use PowerPC for a week? — #10
Would a Titanium PowerBook G4 work? 867 MHz/1 GHz. Can boot every Mac OS from 9 to 10.5!
Use PowerPC for a week? — #9
Really, PPC wasn't dumped after 10.5 because it was incapable, but because Apple wanted to push forward, and as much as it hurts, Snow Leopard would not have turned out as well as …
Recommend a web browser to me please (7.5.5) — #10
I need the 70ns version of what you posted the link to. This will allow me to run a faster processor - I am changing out the crystal on the 575 as well.
Maybe they have some? I …
Use PowerPC for a week? — #8
The stomping of the various YT frontends was a direct result of the API changeover, yes... a month ago, they all still worked. I hate Youtube a whole lot, not gonna lie.
But anywa…
Use PowerPC for a week? — #7
TFF plays YT in HTML5. Not amazing but it plays.
Well, audio plays. Video is about 5FPS. That's on an anemic 867MHz 12" PowerBook though.
Use PowerPC for a week? — #6
With the latest PPC Flash player (modified to report the latest version number of its Intel counterpart) and TenFourFox, my 1.33 GHz 12" PBG4 running Leopard was quite competent, i…
Use PowerPC for a week? — #4
Was that a long time change or recent with the deprecation of the v2 API?
Use PowerPC for a week? — #3
MacTubes and YouView don't work anymore.
Use PowerPC for a week? — #2
Top end models of the G4 or G5's would be best.
Use PowerPC for a week? — #1
Wondering if I could challenge myself to use only PowerPC for a week?
Things I do:
Watch YouTube (I'm thinking MacTubes/YouView)
Browse the Web
Edit video and upload it to YouTu…
Recommend a web browser to me please (7.5.5) — #9
Try http://www.memoryx.com/apl512v.htmlfor your VRAM. Looks like they've got it, and cheap.