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 …

Hi Everyone I am new to mac. Just got my hands on a pb g3 lombard and it keeps sutting down do to over heating. I know the fan is not kicking on and I also know the fan works by t…

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 …

you need to modify the software Apple shipped for DVD playback because it only wants to use the rage 128 DVD decoder hardware (software hack). Click to expand... Version 2.7 o…

The DVD decoder card did not come with all rage 128 video cards, and it could have been removed before he got his systems even if it did ship with one. Radeon video cards will do …

*waits for iamdigitalman to prove us wrong*

The stock card should have the required decoder, you don't have to connect the drive straight to the card, just install as usual and it will work through the PCI slot. If you're r…

Or a better video card, such as the Radeon

The Rage 128 needs the hardware DVD decoder card that snaps onto it to work.

I just installed a DVD-ROM drive in a B&W/400 today. Data DVDs work great. However, DVD movies do not work in the apple dvd player because I am missing the needed hardware.…

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…

Thanks to almeath, I could test it for myself. Here is my story: I tried to boot an existing 8.6 installation from my g3 b&w on the g4 sawtooth (it has the onboard firewir…

Funny price - I got one for free. Awful display. Slow. 99% chance the battery is useless.

He said he purchased a few and I guess opened one of them. I don't care for that model so I think the price is a bit steep. Wonder if the battery will even charge after all this ti…

Sealed? Then what laptop is in the picture?

I heard about the exploding batteries but nothing about case quality or anything like that. Mind you I was wondering a little while ago why you never see any 5300s anywhere.

I have a 5300ce got at the thrift store. External scsi devices will not mount on the desktop. I have the right SCSI cable. A hard drive,CD rom nor zip drive will mount. SCSI probe …

I'd take it if they paid me $150. My 5300 suffered from every known problem, it's the only machine I've ever just thrown in the bin.