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G4 laptop buying advice wanted
« on: February 15, 2022, 07:01:38 AM »
Which are the most interesting G4 laptops to look for if you want to boot OS 9?

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Re: G4 laptop buying advice wanted
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2022, 09:38:22 AM »
AFAIK officially were the Titanium 1 Ghz just because the PCMCIA port works

If you dont need PCMCIA, I would opt for the GHz 17" Aluminium or the 12" with 867.

Looking for MacOS 9.2.4

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Re: G4 laptop buying advice wanted
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2022, 07:23:47 AM »
I don’t need PCMCIA. Can you show me the 17" model on everymac.com

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Re: G4 laptop buying advice wanted
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2022, 08:04:40 AM »
Even better, read this post by the Boss

http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php/topic,3912.0.html

After his post I caught a model.

Even speed test.

I am now using it but the L3 cache is missing somehow. When it activates the machine gets unstable but Jerry told me I should repaste the cache.
Looking for MacOS 9.2.4

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Re: G4 laptop buying advice wanted
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2022, 07:51:25 AM »
Apple PowerBook G4 1.0 Ghz 17" Aluminum Model M8793LL/A - PowerBook5,1 - A1013 cannot boot standard OS 9, only OS 9 for unsupported Macs.

I thougt Apple PowerBook G4 1.0 (Ti) 1 GHz/867 MHz - M8859LL/A - PowerBook3,5 - A1025 is the best, but is there a 17" version?

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Re: G4 laptop buying advice wanted
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2022, 09:34:15 AM »
for "pro" work: Titanium 400 - Titanium 1000

for mobile: many people do like the clamshells.
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