[geeks] Replacement MacBook question

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Michael Parson <mparson at bl.org>
>Date: 2008/09/07 Sun PM 04:15:41 EDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Replacement MacBook question

>On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> My wife's powerbook (867 MHz PowerPC with a fresh, Apple replaced
>> battery and a new keyboard) is showing it's age. She was unable to
>> book our daughter's birthday party at Chuck E. CHeese's because her
>> browser was too old (Safari for the PowerPC has been capped, AFAIK).
>
>I'm running 10.5.4 on both my Dual G5 tower and my MacBook, both have
>Safari 3.1.2 (5525.20.1).

Actually, I just checked (rather than keep on shooting from th ehip and missing my target - it is an iBook G4/800[0], and while not offically supported, it appears that an upgrade to the latest OS X (10.5) may be possible.[1]

Hmm, maybe a visit from the RAM & HD fairy, along with a little trickery to get the system installed might make this machine last another year or two...

Much to ponder (though part of me wants her to upgrade to a new laptop...)...

Lionel

[0] http://lowendmac.com/ibooks/12in-ibook-g4-800-mhz.html
[1] http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/unsupported.html