Can I upgrade my Power Mac G4? I purchased it in 2000. It works great after sitting in the closet for 6 years. Can anyone help me. THANK YOU!
Mac OS X (10.5.6)
A G4 can't be upgraded past 10.5.8.
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How much of a hobby is this?
max out the memory
add sata card. add ssd.
TenFourFox -- It's a port of the latest FireFox to run on older hardware and software.
"World's most advanced web browser. Finely tuned for the Power PC."
-- works for me on 10.4. Supports 10.5
http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
alternative download site:
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/37761/tenfourfox
Turn on pipelining. This will allow Firefox to make simaltaneous requests to the server. Chrome has pipeling turned on. Some sites could fail to load with pipeling set on. The site will be old. See "Increase pipelining" in:
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/firefox-optimization-tips/
OmniWeb uses the lastest Safari framework. The open source WebKit. Other browsers like Safari and iCab use the OS version of WebKit. The OmniWeb downloaded dmg includes it's own copy of the latest WebKit.
http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omniweb/
Safari 4.1.3 for Tiger
sitting in the closet for 6 years
Replace the PRAM battery. Should have died 4 years ago.
I would like to upgrade to whatever I can & have it still work properly. Can someone help me?
