Q: Powerbook G4 no OS X discs
Ok so i bought a used powerbook G4 since i could never afford a modern one.It is logged in as another user with a password I do not know. I either have to format the hard drive or replace it because the current is 70gb. Next I would have to use a OS X 10.4 or 10.5 disc which I do not have. So, where can i get one, buy it, burn an iso to a disc(which i don't want to)
One last thing does the hard drive have a limit to what i can upgrade it to same goes for the RAM
Processor: 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4
Memory: 512 mb DDR SDRAM
OS X : 10.4.11
PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
Posted on Sep 29, 2012 9:54 AM
Apple doesn't sell those operating systems anymore. You can buy new, unopened mac software from hardcoremac.com, as one source. If you go used, recommend you get black-faced retail OS X disks, as opposed to gray-faced. Gray-faced disks are locked to the systems they are delivered with. And OS X 10.5 was never delivered with a Powerbook.
Max memory is 2GB (2 x 1GB). The 1.25Ghz Powerbook is finicky about it's memory. Stick with OWC, Crucial, or Samsung memory.
I've seen posts that the hard drive is limited to 250GB in that model Powerbook. It would take a parallel ATA hard drive, and not a serial ATA (SATA) drive.
Posted on Sep 29, 2012 3:11 PM