I think Steve Jobs is going to have a fit when he hears about this. Not only are G4 machines slower than 867mhz running Leopard in defiance of his edict, now the door has been open…

What!?? Why did they do that? Click to expand... Control. The US government is scared of cryptography and hence they wanted the monopoly on machines that could decipher encodi…

What!?? Why did they do that? Click to expand... Control. The US government is scared of cryptography and hence they wanted the monopoly on machines that could decipher encodi…

What!?? Why did they do that?

I remember that...brings back memories from Grade 9. (when the G4 first came out, and the US Govt prevented them from exporting it)

Yikes. Power Mac G4 - the first personal computer classified as munitions and under export restriction because of its power. Click to expand...

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4182/is_19990907/ai_n10131702 Was the Powermac G4 a super computer? It depends whose definition you use. Click to expand... It was a gam…

I'm using Leopard on my dad's brand new iMac right now, and I honestly cannot see myself installing it on any of my computers, ever. Especially not one that could run OS9 as nicely…

That is simply amazing. I am glad I just got a G4 ZIF for one of my G3 Powermacs. Installing Leopard will be added to my 'to do' list.

sorry, not sure if people have seen this before, but I saw that someone did this: http://www.applefritter.com/node/23084 granted, it was on a G4 upgraded machine EDIT: updated t…

Sonnet works (for instance, the 500 MHz Encore) from 8.1 to 10.4 with XPostFacto. Click to expand... But this is for the beige, right? Click to expand... Not just that. Thi…

My B/W G3 has a Sonnet G4/400 in it an so far the only thing that needed to be installed was a firmware patch to allow G4 processor upgrades. Other than that no drivers were necce…

I may purchase another identical zif module than mine to see if it performs better, lets hope yes. Only this model guarantee the compatibility I need.

i have a sonnet 700 mhz running 10.4. The only problem i have is no dvd rom in the b&w and it will not boot off of fire wire. lucky for me i got a set os 10.4 cd's from a…

Try this. http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/Archive/XPostFacto4.dmg Click to expand... Thank You!

Try this. http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/Archive/XPostFacto4.dmg

I noticed that when I looked at your signature in trying to determine more about your Beige G3, but when I posted that particular comment I didn't...I just assumed you were talking…

I don't know why I brought up an iMac G3.... : Click to expand... That's because I have an iMac G3 and an iMac G5. Click to expand... I noticed that when I looked at your si…

I don't know why I brought up an iMac G3.... : Click to expand... That's because I have an iMac G3 and an iMac G5.

I don't know about the ibook g4, but if it's similar to the g3 version, the backlight inverter gets its power through a power MOSFET switch on the logic board. If you've already sw…

I don't know why I brought up an iMac G3.... : Anyways, if your Beige G3 tower has the Apple Ultra Wide SCSI PCI card, then you need to apply this firmware upgrade: http://docs…

I don't know about the ibook g4, but if it's similar to the g3 version, the backlight inverter gets its power through a power MOSFET switch on the logic board. If you've already sw…

If you just want to install the applications from the iMac G5 system disc unto the iMac G3, give Pacifist a try (the link is in my previous post). If you're trying to install Tiger…

I've got an iBook G4 that has a display problem that has me completely stumped. When turned on, it chimes and all is well, but then the screen flickers almost like a lightbulb doe…

If the iMac G3 has FireWire you can install tiger from the G5.