Can I upgrade to Safari 5 on an ibook Mac OS X?

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Can I upgrade to Safari 5 on an ibook Mac OS X?

We bought an iBook at a local auction which on the back of the laptop it says manufacture date 2002. The specs on this little cute laptop are:

Mac OS X - should I upgrade to Lion?

Version 10.3.9

cpu processor 900 mhz powerpc G3

memory 128 MB built in

CPU type: powerpc 750 (2.3)

L2 cache 512KB

bus speed 100 mhz

boot rom version 4.6.4f1

the Safari version is only 312.6 and it stinks as it crashes when loading certain web pages.

This is our first Apple (wish I could afford a new one) and I want to get this baby upgraded to improve performance. So any other suggestions on upgrading programs I need as I am not sure how much this computer can handle as it was manufactured 10 years ago.

iBook, Mac OS X (10.3.x)

Posted on May 22, 2012 12:27 PM

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Niel

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May 22, 2012 1:00 PM in response to scstables1

That computer can only go to Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger).

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May 22, 2012 1:17 PM in response to Niel

Okay. Niel, how do I upgrade it to OS X 10.4.11? Is there a download available here for this old operating system on the Apple site? I just have to get this working better as it is no fun having safari crash when trying to surf the web. And I hear people using firefox on these computers, is this a better option or not?

I am new to apples would like to know more. I am used to Windows (MS) operating systems.

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May 22, 2012 1:19 PM in response to scstables1

You need to buy Mac OS X 10.4 on DVD. Regardless of whether or not you upgrade the computer's OS, you're more likely to have success using the web with a browser such as iCab instead of Safari.

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May 22, 2012 2:36 PM in response to Niel

I'll try the iCab. Thanks.

BTW, what else can one do with these iBook laptops? Can components be upgraded easily to accomodate more sophisticated apple programs? Just wondering.

Thanks a bunch!

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May 22, 2012 5:02 PM in response to scstables1

The first thing I would recommend is to install a 512 MB RAM module into the one user-accessible RAM slot.

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/133SO512328L/

Instructions for installing it:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=111918

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May 22, 2012 5:30 PM in response to Ronda Wilson

Okay! Thanks Ronda. I will look into this. Any more suggestions I will take!

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May 22, 2012 6:03 PM in response to scstables1

BTW I read somewhere that one has to upgrade the firmware before installing a new 512 MB ram module. What is firmware and how is this done?

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May 23, 2012 8:27 AM in response to scstables1

That information is incorrect. There are no firmware updates available for that iBook model.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1395?viewlocale=en_US

The only iBooks that require firmware updates are the older colored models.

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May 23, 2012 10:10 AM in response to Ronda Wilson

Oh okay good thanks Ronda.

I just don't want to get into trouble when adding new hardware to an older computer and having it not recognize it. I remember when we added new hardware and memory to a 1995 IBM Aptiva back in 2000 and then after that the aptiva kept asking for a disk most everytime you would turn it on and it was a pain to try to re-boot it and hope it would skip asking and finish booting.

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