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  • Crrose
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2013
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    #1

    What to do with Mac G4

    I just hooked up a Mac G4 that I had sitting around for ages after my father-in-law gave me a monitor. It is running 0SX 10.4 and pretty much stripped down of programs, nothing added. Thought I would use it in my garage while working on different things instead of running in and out of house. It is extremely slow, especially using internet (wireless). Anything I can do to improve performance without spending a lot of money?
  • ratdude747
    Black Sheep
    • Nov 2008
    • 17136
    • USA

    #2
    Re: What to do with Mac G4

    Not much. How much RAM is installed?
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    • Crrose
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      • Dec 2013
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      #3
      Re: What to do with Mac G4

      There is a 256mb and 128mg in there.

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      • Dan81
        SNES-powered
        • Oct 2013
        • 1865
        • Romania

        #4
        Re: What to do with Mac G4

        Is the RAM DDR or SDR?You can get 2x 512 MB sticks,depending on what type of RAM it uses.
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        • Uniballer
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          • Jul 2013
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          #5
          Re: What to do with Mac G4

          My wife has a G4 iMac (15", 1GHz, DDR RAM) that she still uses occasionally. I put a 1 GB stick in it so it had 1.25GB, and that helped. On that model the desktop style 256MB stick is buried inside, but you can add a laptop style stick in the user-accessible RAM slot without digging deep into the box (er, ball).
          Last edited by Uniballer; 01-15-2014, 04:02 PM.

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          • Crrose
            Senior Member
            • Dec 2013
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            #6
            Re: What to do with Mac G4

            Ok I just checked at it has SDR memory and it's a 400 MHz machine (yeah I typed it correctly, 400 MHz).

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            • ivtec
              Badcaps Legend
              • Dec 2008
              • 1967
              • USA

              #7
              Re: What to do with Mac G4

              Originally posted by Crrose
              I just hooked up a Mac G4 that I had sitting around for ages after my father-in-law gave me a monitor. It is running 0SX 10.4 and pretty much stripped down of programs, nothing added. Thought I would use it in my garage while working on different things instead of running in and out of house. It is extremely slow, especially using internet (wireless). Anything I can do to improve performance without spending a lot of money?
              Just grab Linux Debian Wheezy 7 Iso and install it and you'll have a basic system for the web no flash player though.That's what i did with my Mac G5 and my wife is a happy camper.

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              • Logistics
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                • Apr 2007
                • 721
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                #8
                Re: What to do with Mac G4

                Originally posted by ivtec
                Just grab Linux Debian Wheezy 7 Iso and install it and you'll have a basic system for the web no flash player though.That's what i did with my Mac G5 and my wife is a happy camper.
                I have an iMac G4 and G5, and was considering bringing the G4 to work and setting it up in one of my cabinets. Would that Linux district do well on the 1GHz G4? Would a PPC version of Lubuntu be better?
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                • shovenose
                  Send Doge Memes
                  • Aug 2010
                  • 6575
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                  #9
                  Re: What to do with Mac G4

                  400MHz G4 CPU? One place for that... Garbage.

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                  • ivtec
                    Badcaps Legend
                    • Dec 2008
                    • 1967
                    • USA

                    #10
                    Re: What to do with Mac G4

                    Originally posted by Logistics
                    I have an iMac G4 and G5, and was considering bringing the G4 to work and setting it up in one of my cabinets. Would that Linux district do well on the 1GHz G4? Would a PPC version of Lubuntu be better?
                    Man do what i sad install a mini ISO of Debian 7 wheezy then connect to the internet and you wil be happy.
                    i tried ubuntu Lubuntu but never could install it the only distro that can runn great is DEBIAN PPC

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                    • Logistics
                      Badcaps Veteran
                      • Apr 2007
                      • 721
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                      #11
                      Re: What to do with Mac G4

                      Originally posted by ivtec
                      Man do what i sad install a mini ISO of Debian 7 wheezy then connect to the internet and you wil be happy.
                      i tried ubuntu Lubuntu but never could install it the only distro that can runn great is DEBIAN PPC
                      Do you think there is any chance of me being able to tether it to my android phone?

                      I have an unlocked, rooted EVO 4G that I run CM7 on, and was hoping to tether the iMac since I can't use the company network nor would I want to since they have watchdog programs installed.
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