[X4U] Upgrading an older iBook query

[..lj]

On Mar 9, 2006, at 16:11, Neil Laubenthal wrote:

>> A friend of mine wants to know what it would take to update her  
>> old iBook.
>>
>> I instructed her to provide me with the System Profile information  
>> and here are the results:
>>
>> She's currently running OS X 10.2.8 with only 128 MB of ram.  It's  
>> a 900 MHz machine with 512K L2 cache.  The machine model is  
>> version 2.3.   Can anyone tell me how old or exactly what year  
>> this model is?  Alternatively, does anyone know the link to a  
>> website that will provide this info?
>>
>> I literally just went through a similar scenario with another  
>> friend, upping the memory in her old HP Pavilion laptop, which  
>> drastically improved the performance.
>>
>> For the iBook, I would recommend maxing out the memory (as much as  
>> she can afford) and bringing the OS up-to-date.
>
> Put in a 512 MB stick or RAM for about 75 or so . . .and upgrade to  
> Tiger as it's much faster.
>
> Based on the speed . . .this is about a 2 to 2-1/2 year old model.
>
> RAM will make the siingle biggest difference . . .if it's a choice  
> between RAM and Tiger have her get the RAM.

If you want to save money, try Panther. Panther provides a big speed  
boost. While Tiger is mostly function (Spotlight, dashboard, Safari  
2.x).  I agree that ram is the first option but copies of Panther can  
be found real cheap.
..lj