[G4] Airport Original and upgrades.

[B G]

You can use any hard drive that is ATA type, any brand any manufacturer.

  That machine will only let you format a drive to a max of 128GB.  
That is to say you can buy larger than that but it will only see 128 GB.

As for processor upgrades here is a link to some.

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/accelerators/

The airport install in very easy no tools required. Open up the case  
I think you will be surprised as to how easy it is to upgrade the  
machine.

BG

On Nov 22, 2006, at 2:41 PM, Erin Owens wrote:

> Hey all:
>
> I just got my first Mac ever, a PowerMac G4 400mhz with 2  
> harddrives (one 10gb and one 20gb).  And I absolutely love it.   
> (Its was upgraded by the previous owner to have 768 ram)  The  
> processor is a bit slow, but its great other than that. (my old  
> computer was a windows 98 home-build that I helped put together  
> myself with no sound card - so anything is awesome compared to that!!)
>
> I have two questions:
>
> One: I'm looking to get an airport original for it from ebay.  Does  
> anyone have experience in installing one and what has your  
> experience been?  Easy or hard?  I've never cracked open the  
> computer case yet, so I dont quite know what I'm gettting myself  
> into.  What type of tools should I need other than a screwdriver?   
> Is it anything similar to a pc inside?
>
> Two: I'm also looking to possibly upgrade the processor and  
> harddrive.  Where would I go about looking for the correct hardware  
> for this?  I know it has to be specifically mac compatible, but  
> does it absolutely have to be manufactured by Apple?  And is this  
> economical at all - or should I just leave it as is?  I only paid  
> 100 for the whole computer with 10.3.9 and keyboard/mouse and  
> speakers plus the 60 or so for the airport.  Is it worth upgrading?
>
> Thank you for any suggestions-
> Erin
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