I have an IBook dual USB Mac OS x laptop. What should I do with it?

I got this laptop from my aunt. It's an old IBook G3 Dual USB laptop with Mac OS x. It was very lightly used. I bought an airport card for it and downloaded a browser for it called Classila. Now I'm wondering: What should I do with it? Are there any games I can buy for it? I can't play any modern games like Minecraft or any others I've tried. I have an Xbox 360 so I dont rely on this iBook for gaming. Any tips? 5 point to best answer. Thanks

I would suggest maximizing the RAM with a 512 MB module.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/100SO512328L/
We need to know how much space is on the hard drive. See if Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility gives you the information on the hard drive (its capacity and available space).
Mac OS X 10.1 is available from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Mac-OS-10-1-OLD-VERSION/dp/B00005QVGV
Once you have installed Mac OS X 10.1, you can then download the update here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1226
Note this:
If updating from Mac OS X 10.1, you must install Security Update 7-18-02 for v10.1 prior to installing this update.
However, this is still a 10-year-old version of the OS and is not very good, so be forewarned.
If the iBook has a drive which is capable of reading DVDs and has enough available space on it, then it would probably run best with Mac OS X 10.4.11 (once you have maximized the RAM with the 512 MB module).
Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Requirements:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1514

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I recently inherited the aforementioned iBook from my sister - it's in great condition and will suit my wife well for internet, word processing, etc. It isn't equipped with either Bluetooth or an AirPort card - the former I've fixed with a USB dongle, the latter I'll (eventually) fix with an AirPort card.
In the interim, I'd love to just plug its Ethernet port into my ADSL router to get it onto the internet. I have done this and can't figure out how to get the internet "working". I was Mac prior to OS X and then again Tiger and beyond, so I don't have any experience with Jaguar. Can anyone help?
Kind regards,
Aaron.

Been awhile now since I last used Jaguar 10.2.8, and the fact the Dual USB iBook G3 12"
with 500MHz processor and RAM upgrade capacity of either 576MB or 640 MB, with a
10GB hard disk drive or larger, and CD-ROM optical drive can run Panther 10.3.9 adequately
but a little slow, may give you an option if you can get the Panther retail install set on CD.
Panther has better internet tools and some other interface details are extremely improved.
And it is a stable system with a minimal of preventative maintenance. Frankly, I am not
sure how valid Jaguar is online; it is two full systems behind the leading edge now, and
will not have any security updates or support. Panther bits are still online, and if you get
a retail installer for 10.3.5 or later, the 10.3.9 and security updates and other bits are
still there at Apple Support Downloads, for free. Newer browsers are compatible with 10.3.x
and the last version of Panther is recommended. It is stable. The HDD can be zeroed;
the OS X can write zeros on there and then you can reformat it with HFS+ on Disk Utility
on the booted OSX installer (should be retail installer, not one from another Mac.) An
advantage is doing all that can fix low-level errors; and it also defragments the whole HDD.
If you were to keepsake anything on the computer, you'd want to archive it off; and then
consider if you'd need OS 9.2.2 to look at anything found there, in the future. I no longer
use pre-X applications, though I have some in a box. That's another story.
{If you have no attachment to the OS9.2.2 system probably shipped with the iBook G3
white dual-USB, you do not have to worry about it. On the other hand, if you do keep
9.2.2, it is fast on that hardware. It should connect to the internet, but there are almost
no browsers available -- maybe old downloads of iCab and odd builds of old Mozilla --
secure software? Probably not available; but the odds of an attack should be way down!}
With Jaguar you should be able to plug the Ethernet cable into the iBook, look into
the System Preferences and find the equivalent of the Network panel. You can
more easily do most everything in Panther compared to Jaguar; so I won't even
try to remember details on that OS X version. I do remember Panther since I ran
it up to about six months ago on one of my G4 Macs. I still have a bootable clone
of the entire computer from just before I went to Tiger. (There's alot of deadwood
between Panther utilities and addons and Tiger, depending on how it was set up.)
Jaguar and Tiger are universes apart. I had an iBook G3 white dual USB May
2001 build, it was fun, nice, and I used an AirPort Extreme Base Station to
go online with it; the unit had the original AirPort Card and my AEBS has a
built-in 56k dialup modem; so before I got DSL, my iBook was wireless online.
When I sold the iBook to an 85 y/o guy some miles away, I upgraded it to
Panther only and set up two user accounts with passwords; so he would not
have to learn all the basics - it has been over two years - he's still a Mac user.
And that's his first computer. I call and say hi and ask if it still is working OK;
and included a pile of stuff with the machine, and had it repaired before I sold it.
Well, I have said a bit -- too much. The System Preference panels have one
for Network access and you should be able to choose what sources you need
to get the internet through; these would be 1- dialup modem 2- airport wi-fi
and 3- Ethernet. There should be some control panel and checkboxes; and
the setup should be relatively easy. The only catch may be if the ISP does
not support that old an OSX system. It should work, if not, go wireless
and set up the base station so it can see and share 802.11/b, for this iBook.
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