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 …

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 …

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.

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…

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.

can anybody else with quicksilver make a xbench test? anyway I want to do something like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/swingnut/192511017/ I tried to unscrew the 4 srews but…

That's a pretty good overclock, those G4's run fairly warm, something that may not be apparent if you haven't really pushed the machine. It would probably be worth removing the he…

That's a pretty good overclock, those G4's run fairly warm, something that may not be apparent if you haven't really pushed the machine. It would probably be worth removing the he…

My PCI SCSI card is an Adaptec 7850 flavour card, model AVA 2906. A fairly common card so it could be possible that it is the same as yours. Drivers for OS X can be downloaded here…

The OP has reported what System Profile provides from DMI. pci = PCI device 9004 = Vendor ID for Adaptec 7850 = Model number I don't know whether Adaptec have multiple flavours…

There should be more info than that on the card itslef...

Aside from whatever identification strings and machine-specific features that may or may not be enabled in OF (i.e, video spanning), the iBook G4, PowerBook G4 Al, late-model eMac…

Sounds like it is a 'dead hd' given the circumstances you said. You could always try and take the drive out, and put it in an external enclosure to see if it is recognised on anoth…

but I've been having some trouble formatting a CF card Click to expand... Some CF and USB memory sticks can only be used with FAT16 or FAT32. They omit the DOS partition table …

Interesting. Anyone know why a 1.2 GB partition fails to format in disk utility then?