I have a 2005 Powerbook G4. It turns on but is very slow. I had upgraded the memory some 3 years ago. The powerchord works but is in rough shape. It also has to be plugged in at all times -- battery is completely dead. Is my only option to recycle it? I hate to just toss it, but I am really not sure what else I can do with it!!
Powerbook G4-OTHER, 2005 powerbook
Hi dubhemerak3000,
You can try to sell it on eBay, it's still probably worth something. Or you can use Apple's recycling program as Allan described. Or you can donate it. It's up to you.
Suggest you join LEM-Swap for buying & selling Mac stuff. http://groups.google.com/group/lemswap
After you join, post a FS (For Sale).
Cheers, Tom 😉
Nice to hear that you have an apple product that you not using anymore,i will be most grateful if you could assist some friends in Africa Ghana with such devices so that children from this side of the world can also be part of this modern age of technology.
Thank you
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There are actually people who still want these newer PowerPC-based Macs. Some people might call the last G4/G5 Macs slow today, but with minor upgrades and optimization of the OS, these PowerBooks can be pretty speedy. You can even use Safari extensions if you have the latest version of Safari on 10.5.8 and completely nullify flash on YouTube and play videos pretty decently at 360-480p.
If you don't have anything to do with it, I would list it on eBay. I don't know what the screen size of yours is, but the 12" models are very desirable for whatever odd reason. I just paid $71 for 12" PowerBook G4 early 2005 in good shape, and that is cheap! They usually go for around $120 working.
The 15" and 17" models go for less, especially the very first or very last revisions of them, as the first ones are fairly slow and the last ones had that problem with the sleep sensor.
If you want to keep it, I would find a way to install an SSD. SSDs really pep up these older machines along with maxing out the RAM.
I have an ancient (2005) PowerBook G4. What do I do with it? Are there any organizations that would like it?
