[X4U] Upgrading an older iBook query

[Jamie Nathan]

Stick a 512mb module of RAM in there, upgrade to Tiger and you  
basically have a machine that is not too far behind the current spec  
iBooks.  Should not cost you much either.

On 10 Mar 2006, at 00:29, ..lj wrote:

>
> 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
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