Faithful old ibook G4-how is your ibook?

hi
just wondered how many years everyones had their ibook G4? and do you still use it?
Ive had mine originally 2003 when it blew up JUST out of warranty..:( cd rom also went....it was the 933mhz (i think), it was a low spec at the time...
ANYway...after MUCH hassle, it got replaced 2004 and i still have it, still use it..dispite having the MBP and I have the old Quicksilver to....
I think il always love the ibook..the replacement was the 1.2gb * again im crap at recalling figures*..it was slightly better than the previous ibook spec.
its 14.1 tft and runs 10.5.8 tiger. it runs CS and Final Cut Epxress and ive no issues with it...fingers crossed..no screen replacement, or logic board fail...
it is a little slow at times....youtube streaming is good and some days quite crappy..
I dont know anyone who had an ibook...only me and my uni friend. His one burned out..
Just curious about other ibook users....
the keys have worn down a bit so ive just bought new ones..to replace the old ones..i guess to preserve it as it gets older then eventually blows up or burns out. I doubt il use it when the screen goes....its expensive to replace ....
I am VERY impressed at how long this little machine has lasted....aww
I think im turning into a mac collector hehe so want a black macbook refurb yay.
so yeah....how is your ibook?

My iBook G4 melted in a house fire in June of 2010.
The last time I tried it, it still booted.
I still use my iBook G3 (Dual USB) 800 MHz (Mac OS X 10.3.9) occasionally, but mostly to help people out here when I don't remember something about the iBook or the older OS. We have two 500 MHz iBook G3s, too, which don't get a lot of use.
I say that we are the retirement home for old Macs, ha-ha.

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Subject says it -- I'm trying to transfer the contents of an old iBook onto a Seagate external hard drive to upload into a newer computer, but the iBook "cannot verify" the external hd (which is in fine shape -- works with both a MacBook Pro and an iBook G4), and cannot locate it in disk utility.
Any help would be appreciated -- seriously, all I want to do is copy files out of the computer so I can keep the data and recycle the computer.
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Nathan

It could be that the external drive requires USB 2.0, whereas the iBook's USB ports are USB 1.1.
Which exact model is the Seagate drive? Do you have a link to it so you can check out its requirements?
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I saved everything else with starting it in target modus. That worked fine.
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Don't know how helpful this will be but I often copy mail from one computer to another, I drag the mail from the mail window to the other computers drop box, then from the other computer double click it and mail asks me what I want to do with it, of course without a screen you'd need to use back to my mac.
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thanks for the reply ...
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/groundliner

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I was able to use Pacifist to reinstall some of the original applications from the older restore-install DVD the computer shipped with, as it can extract items from an install DVD without running the Installer, and it will install them from the desktop. But for a novice, this may not be a good idea.
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I have an old iBook G3 700MHz - can it go wirelessly and how if so?

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Hello and welcome to the support community.
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Note it's not an AirPort Extreme as that is for the later G4 models.
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TS1389 how to deauthorize an old ibook i destroyed years ago

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You must have a G4 iBook as the G3 models can only install up to 10.4.11.
Some links to read for possible help.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/759882#759882
https://discussions.apple.com/message/5083031#5083031
https://discussions.apple.com/message/20461888#20461888

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In the near future (Two months, maybe) I'll be purchasing a new Macbook. I don't want to just pawn off my old mac, or throw it out (Everyone I know has new PC's. Giving them an old mac would be useless).
Plus, I know that once I move all the files I think I need on it, and toss it out, BAM! I'll realize I forgot a folder or something else on it. So what I want to know is...
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Thanks for your time. Even if it is for a quick: "No."

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Is there any way that I can let this iBook sit on my home network (Wired in, if need be) and reach it from... say... Rochester?
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Beth

If you hadn't found some ideas online of how to open the old G3 iBook model
there are a few that may help, depending on which model you actually have,
in sites such as iFixit.com https://www.ifixit.com/Device/iBook_G3
Since there were early models in color, and later ones in white, more than
one kind of hardware build example exists under the name iBook G3...
To open it and remove the hard disk drive, as suggested, to access it by a
universal hard drive wire kit (those have their own power supply too) is a
great idea. If nothing else, you could otherwise dispose of the hard drive
and not be too concerned of someone else accessing your personal info.
A destructive method could be used to make the moving parts inside not
accessible to most usual means. I've seen what a big hammer could do.
Hopefully someone may want the remainder of your old iBook G3 for fun
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Hi, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
Are you posting with it here?
How long has it been since you did any hard drive maintenance?
After six years of use, the hard drive may be so full that it is hampering performance.
From http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/lackofram.html :
Determine the available space on your Mac OS X startup disk
In Finder®, select the startup disk icon. For most users, this is Macintosh HD.
Press the Command-I keyboard shortcut.
The Info window for your startup disk opens. In the General pane, the Capacity, Available (free space), and space Used on your startup disk is displayed, as seen in the following screen shot:
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Faithful old ibook G4-how is your ibook?

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