February 19, 2008 16:40
From the Mac OS system you mentioned, you may have an iBook G3 with 64 MB or 128 MB Fixed RAM installed with a 64MB card or no card giving a total of 128 MB of RAM.
In either case, you would be significantly better off to spend a little more money and install the maximum RAM 512 MB memory chip you can fit into the iBook G3, giving you a total of 640 MB.
Yeah, I know it is $100 instead of $50, but you will be really pleased at the performance increment.
Look at the Crucial Memory web page for a calculation tool for G3 500 MHz and 800 MHz iBooks:
Crucial Memory iBook calculator
If you have any hesitation about replacing the installed memory you can look at the Apple Computer site for a pdf file such as this one (the y are all pretty similar in regards to memory installation so do not panic if you are unable to locate exactly your iBook model):
iBook memory installation
Let us know how this worked out for you. Your experience may give some other iBook owner some hope....(grin)....
In either case, you would be significantly better off to spend a little more money and install the maximum RAM 512 MB memory chip you can fit into the iBook G3, giving you a total of 640 MB.
Yeah, I know it is $100 instead of $50, but you will be really pleased at the performance increment.
Look at the Crucial Memory web page for a calculation tool for G3 500 MHz and 800 MHz iBooks:
Crucial Memory iBook calculator
If you have any hesitation about replacing the installed memory you can look at the Apple Computer site for a pdf file such as this one (the y are all pretty similar in regards to memory installation so do not panic if you are unable to locate exactly your iBook model):
iBook memory installation
Let us know how this worked out for you. Your experience may give some other iBook owner some hope....(grin)....