To clarify: 800k floppies were used on even older Macs than the 636. They're different to PC 720k floppies and not interchangeable. The USB floppy drives will only read and writ…

Thank you all for your prompt replies! I have another question: for transferring programs on 3.5" floppies, is it possible to connect an external floppy to the iMac's USB ports to …

Also, $35 for a DV is pretty good. Did they mention the speed? See here: http://www.lowendmac.com/profiles.htm

^^seconded, the time taken to transfer using 3.5" floppies quickly adds up, you'll soon learn to love an ethernet card.

$10 on an ethernet card for the 68k would pay for itself quickly.

is it possible to connect an external floppy to the iMac's USB ports to read them? Click to expand... Sure it is! That kind of drives is perfect.

Thank you all for your prompt replies! I have another question: for transferring programs on 3.5" floppies, is it possible to connect an external floppy to the iMac's USB ports to…

I suppose if the programs are written for PowerPC, they should be able to run. Click to expand... :?: Last time I checked, the Performa 6xx were 68k machines… and the iMac is…

Well written 68000 should happily run on an Power PC running Mac OS. I have happily run 68k programs on System 9.2 under Tiger.

I suppose if the programs are written for PowerPC, they should be able to run. As for the pricing of the computer, it isn't bad. They are quite capable and the DV version, IIRC, h…

I'm useing the original video card but I plan on upgrading. I have a Dell Dimension e521 but I hate windows, I work on windoz all day... I'm putting the dell on ebay without hdd …

Hi I currently have a Mac Performa 636CD with system 7.5 on it. Today I saw an iMac DV grape for $35. The best I can tell, the DV originally had 8.6 on it. Is 8.6 backwards compat…

That is still a very capable machine, especially since you've maxed out the RAM. What graphics card are you running in it? For internet browsing, emailing, using older photoshop …

Si I picked up a G4 1.42 dual on ebay with 2 gb memory, 80gb hdd. So I install 500 gb, 250GB, and 2- 40gbhdd's. I picked it up on ebay for 299.00 + 15.00 shipping (got a coupon on …

The iBook G4 speakers are passable... but they're not that great. I couldn't see myself listening to music on them for any significant period of time. But then again, I am a bit of…

I can't speak for the G4 iBooks, but I've been pleasantly surprised by the speakers in my Lombard, and in G4 Powerbooks - the "Small Speakers" EQ setting in iTunes helps a lot.

Most laptop speakers leave something to be desired, especially consumer-grade ones. I've not listened to an iBook in a good while now, but I know that the speakers in my old MacBoo…

You can get a halfway decent pair of speakers and a sub for $50 these days os why not? When i had an iBook G4 I always felt the speakers were poor - very tinny and no range. I hav…

A small subwoofer perhaps? I have a 10 watt IBM branded one (probably came with an Aptiva or some such) that complements my laptop speakers nicely.

The iBook G4 that was mine and then my uncle's is about to become my cousin's in a few days. My uncle insisted that he buy her a pair of speakers for the laptop. My question--do a…

All right!!! Thanks! I'll take your suggestion on the hard drive, thanks!

That RAM should be fine, OWC sells it too. As for a hard drive, 320 - 500 GB is a pretty good size, but get a firewire external. That way you can switch it between machines easil…

Hey guys, I figured it was time for a RAM upgrade for my iMac G5. Will this work? What about a hard drive? What do you guys suggest? It would be nice to move up from 521 MB and 8…

can anybody else with quicksilver make a xbench test? Click to expand... Slomac, I ran a test on my Quicksilver. Here are the results: Code: Results 46.23 System Info …

I'll run xbench on my webserver @ work.