Balder Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Hello, I am interested in opinions about my current situation. Our department has a G4 550 Titanium PB that has a broken hinge. Apparently this is not uncommon for the Titanium PBs. Anyways, it will cost our department $762 to repair. How much of a improvement would a 12" G4 iBook be over the PB? I'm thinking it's a no brainer to buy a ibook for 999 instead, but I wanted to know if there was anything unique to the 550 that I would lose. Can OS 9 be installed on the iBook with Panther? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Nah, just go with the iBook G4. It'll come with Classic (or it should) so you can run most OS 9 apps in emulation. You can't actually boot into OS 9 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balder Posted March 10, 2004 Author Share Posted March 10, 2004 Yeah our department has to support OS 9 users, so it would be nice to boot into OS 9. Unfortunately a lot of our mac users still love their OS 9 and lower! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalFreedom Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 i'll take the broken tibook :D i'll buy it off you for 100$, more even maybe, just give me a good price :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balder Posted March 11, 2004 Author Share Posted March 11, 2004 The thing works, just the left hinge is broken. It's also company property, so it's not for sale. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalFreedom Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 The thing works, just the left hinge is broken. It's also company property, so it's not for sale. :p awww.. tell your company its broken and it should be repaced with newer model/thrown out, not really throw it out, sell it to me, pocket the cash :D :yes: :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTallack Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 I'd go for the iBook G4. You'll notice a huge difference over a G3 550. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuka_t Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 ill igve you 101 dollars for it. put it on ebay and sell it and use the extra money for the ibook. also you might jsut want to buy a monitor and hook it up to the pbook and use it as a desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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