Is G3 too old?

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I am looking into getting an iBook for around the price of my computer. Now, I think that I will have around $500 to spend, and on Ebay I found some G3 iBooks, 12", for around that price. Now, I will or course max the RAM, cause I hear that will help out alot, and get the Airport card. All I will be doing is Internet, music, and maybe Diablo II. I think that the G3 should work, or is it just getting too old?

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My G3 PowerBook runs just fine. Is the iBook you are considering one of the original models (the colored ones) or one of the all-white ones? If it's an all-white one, then you will have a computer at least 100Mhz faster than mine. With at least 512MB of RAM, it will serve you well for what you are intending (although I am not sure about the requirements of Diablo II, as I've never played it).

edit: For a similar price though, you might consider looking at a Pismo model PowerBook like mine, if you can find one. It is far more upgrade-friendly than an iBook would be. There are CPU upgrades available now all the way up to 1Ghz, and it can take pretty much any standard optical drive (CD-RW, combo drive, or even DVD-RW). It's also much easier to work on, and can handle up to 1GB of RAM. It also has a larger screen (14").

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It was the all white one. And the reason that I am getting the 12" is that I really need it small, like taking it places. I mean, its not like I am gonna be doing movie editing on this thing. Thanks for the information though. I will still look into it.

Make sure you get it with the drives you want then. It is a royal pain to swap a drive out in a white iBook. In my G3 PowerBook, I can literally swap out the hard drive in 5 minutes or less. I can swap out the optical drive in less time than that. When I tried putting a burner in a friend's white iBook, it took nearly 30 minutes just to get it apart far enough to get the old drive out!

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Its cool with me. I just want the DVD/CD-RW drive, and max RAM with around a 40gig, or maybe higher if I deside to rip DVDs to the harddrive. Thanks for all your help.

Please, if there is anything you guys want to add, pleaes tell me and I will selling my PC and will be my first time on a Mac, so I will have alot of questions.

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