Jonathan berg, aka dremel junkie, shares our love for the imac g4. After installing leopard to it, performance was really bad. Unlike some earlier imac models that are convectioncooled, the imac flat panel series is cooled by a quiet internal fan. We also now have the user guidemanual for you to download.
Announced in september 2003, the imac late 2003 was primarily a speed bump of the existing imac line, with feature improvements to the 15 model to bring it to basic feature parity with the 17 model. I have an old imac g4 i want to breathe some life into. Cpu, mac computer and a usb port with a power mac g4 or higher, or using intel processor. Problem is that it has a password on its os, but he also got all discs with it.
Find out the type of memory your imac uses and how to install additional memory. That particular usb2 model happens to be my 2nd best imac flavour after the 20. Not only are the male pins on this connector identical to the ones on the imac g4 motherboard shape, width, and length, but they are spaced well enough apart to prevent and disturbance between pins. There is nothing else quite like them if your machine looks like the images on this page then it is a g4 imac. Jan 09, 2014 this feature is not available right now. The g4 is easily recognizable by its swiveling monitor mounted above the hemispherical computer. However, when i put in a brand new hard drive it would not load the installation cd it is the ppc. Feb 07, 2010 advantages of running leopard over tiger is newer and more supported software. The 17 imac g4 to dvi the easiest method ever so far. A friend of mine got a free well several computer, one of them an imac g4 the odd looking one. If i have an imac g3, g4, or g5, can i up apple community. Nov 17, 20 if i have an imac g3, g4, or g5, can i upgrade to 10. I have now reconnected in the hope of using it with ipod classic, but computer advised of 8 software downloads available but will download all except ipod updater 20060110.
It replaced the imac g3 and was succeeded by the imac g5. The g4 is the fourth generation of apples allinone imac series and a successor to the g3. Thats our guess of what still has the most ground in the powerpc world. Rather than letting his old g4 waste away in some landfill, he decided to resurrect it by putting an intel ivy bridge. If you will be away from your imac g5 for less than a few days, put the computer to sleep. Then restart the imac in recovery mode and use disk utility to wipe the disk. Some 6 months or so ago i saw an ad for an imac g4 17 1. Apple imac g4, absolutely perfect imac g4 the body and screen are both like new in condition. Oneclick access to apple macintosh instruction manuals also called user. My plans are to convert it to either an external monitor, or house a small pc inside. Unfortunately, i dont have the mac os x install cddvd, but i the a cd that has power mac g4 software restore labeled. We are still processing and shipping orders placed online, and operating our mailin repair and upgrade service. Of course i had to test them, so i put all the parts back in that g4 700mhz shell.
This will catalog my attempts in following the great tutorial by ersterhernd here. Gavin purchased a 12 inch 867mhz powerbook g4 to give to a friend moving to florida. Tiger is very fast and stable and it probably is the. Get everything you need to upgrade your 2003 imac g4 for a total system performance and capacity boost. Apple powermac g4 powermac g4 computer section is your complete source to find all our available used and refurbished powermac g4 computers.
The 15 model, with a 80 gb hard drive, 256 mb of ram, 32 mb of vram and a. I found this on ebay and wasnt sure if this is what i need. Jan 18, 20 jonathan berg, aka dremel junkie, shares our love for the imac g4. Mar 25, 20 heres why the 2020 chevy corvette c8 is the hottest car of the year duration. An az index of the apple macos command line ss64 command. When your imac g5 is in sleep, its screen is dark and a small white light below the lowerright corner of the display pulsates. To change finder settings, choose preferences from the. Your files or system software could be damaged if your computer is not shut down properly.
To put your imac g5 to sleep quickly, do one of the following. Heres why the 2020 chevy corvette c8 is the hottest car of the year duration. You can quickly wake your imac g5 and bypass the startup process. How to reboot an apple imac to its factory settings. Im new to the site but after knocking around the idea im taking the plunge to upgrade a 15 imac g4 to a newer core i5 based system nuc. I recently received a imac g4 with no os, so instead of buying osx i though why not try ubuntu. Advantages of running leopard over tiger is newer and more supported software. Learn about the type of random access memory ram and video memory vram in your imac.
An allinone computer integrates the internal components, such as the processor, directly into the display. How do i do to reinstall the os so the password gets removed. Learn how to connect to hdmi, get help with external display issues, and more. Quite a few people still have power mac g5s kicking around, and quite a few people have imac g3s around as well. To suggest new software or request removal of our mirror please email us at. So we made this guide to share my tips and tricks to make leopard a bit more usable. This is the cheapest imac for the same hardware specification you can find on kijiji. Apple imac g4 m6498 17 tft display 1ghz, 512mb of ram, 80g hdd includes apple whiteclear keyboard and mouse. I dunno, i have never seen a imac g4 these days with tiger on it. Learn where the power button is on your imac, and get help with issues during startup or shutdown. The apple imac g4 is an allinone computer that was released in 2002 and sold until it was discontinued in 2004. Hi everyone i have a imac g4 15 flat screen 800ghz on mac osx 10.
Select the software download language this will begin download english francais deutsch espanol italiano p. Powerpc software archive we have made our best attempt to deliver the last powerpc versions of various macintosh software so that you may continue to extend the life of your computers. To buy or upgrade a powerpc imac as well as newer macs see site sponsor operator headgap systems. With a firmware upgrade to make it act like a 2,1, more ram, and a slightly better eight core xeon processor, i had intended to turn it into a 247 file server to be accessible remotely. Take a test run and see what your power mac g4 can do. The imac g4 is an allinone personal computer designed, manufactured, and sold by apple computer, inc. Originally known as the new imac the imac g4 was created to replace the imac g3 as apples allinone desktop computer. Macfixer mac software library a growing compendium of early mac system, utility and game installers the internet archive the grand attic of the internet adds software to its collection. The apple imac g4800 17inch flat panel features an 800 mhz powerpc 7445 g4 processor with the altivec velocity engine vector processing unit and a 256k onchip level 2 cache, 256 mb of ram pc3 sdram, an 80. These were also the first power macs that could not boot into mac os 9. Your g4 imac though would not be one of these models.
The vast majority of powerpc macs did not support booting from usb devices. The imac g4 integrated hardware and software in ways never before seen, making the imac g4 a true digital media hub. It was reported to be in good condition, and as it was cheap, thought if nothing else it could eventually be useful as a spares machine. Are there any lightweight distros which still keep an uptodate ppc version or am i out of luck here. Yes, you can take that machine of os x but not tiger.
For other mac models that minimum is 867 mhz on a single processor, and dual 800 mhz does not count. To suggest new software or request removal of our mirror please e. May 25, 2015 the 20 apple cinema display, the imac g5, and the imac g4 use essentially the same tmds panel the imac g4 is made by id tech, the others by lg and are pretty much interchangeable though some slight physical modifications to the housing sometimes have to be made for it to fit perfectly. Towards the end of then powerpc era apple rolled out a change to open firmware in the last models to enable usb booting. The power mac g4 is a series of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by. Os x runs really slowly on it these days so i thought lightweight linux would be perfect. The ppc archive team ourselves has a variety of machines, ranging from imac g3s, blue and whites, ibooks, powerbooks, and g5 systems.
I have it running om my laptop right now so i know how to install ubuntu in principle. The remarkable thing about this connector is that it could not be designed better for the imac g4s female pins. The 20 apple cinema display, the imac g5, and the imac g4 use essentially the same tmds panel the imac g4 is made by id tech, the others by lg and are pretty much interchangeable though some slight physical modifications to the housing sometimes have to be made for it. Disadvantages is it might run slightly slower than tiger. The local u3a has received an imac g4 800 mhz, geforce2mx sporting the table lamp design. May 18, 2014 im new to the site but after knocking around the idea im taking the plunge to upgrade a 15 imac g4 to a newer core i5 based system nuc. Here are a few tips about a power mac g4 power supply. Steve jobs quoted it as being a design that will last till the next decade. What are the differences between the original imac g4 flat panel models. I tried installing leopard on my 700mhz mac but i downgraded within 30 minutes. Pictures showing the latest software features may appear slightly different on your screen.
Jun 23, 2010 a friend of mine got a free well several computer, one of them an imac g4 the odd looking one. The have detailed step by step information, used by genius technicians and authorised service centres to repair the imac g4. May 16, 2012 the local u3a has received an imac g4 800 mhz, geforce2mx sporting the table lamp design. If i have an imac g3, g4, or g5, can i upgrade to 10.
1006 1027 1192 832 779 73 1202 1263 993 314 961 1477 1291 472 1258 139 1180 6 894 22 798 390 1191 1037 1243 927 1343 77 933 996 921 489 728 902 1101