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Mac OS 9 Discussion => Hardware => Topic started by: OS923 on February 15, 2022, 07:01:38 AM

Title: G4 laptop buying advice wanted
Post by: OS923 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?

Title: Re: G4 laptop buying advice wanted
Post by: Protools5LEGuy 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.

Title: Re: G4 laptop buying advice wanted
Post by: OS923 on February 16, 2022, 07:23:47 AM

I don’t need PCMCIA. Can you show me the 17" model on everymac.com

Title: Re: G4 laptop buying advice wanted
Post by: Protools5LEGuy 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 (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.

Title: Re: G4 laptop buying advice wanted
Post by: OS923 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?

Title: Re: G4 laptop buying advice wanted
Post by: IIO on February 19, 2022, 09:34:15 AM

for "pro" work: Titanium 400 - Titanium 1000

for mobile: many people do like the clamshells.