In the last few months I've been using Ubuntu (mostly Xubuntu) on my (upgraded) PowerMac G4. Despite a few and not very important limitations regarding software that doesn't exist for PPC (like Google's Picasa and GoogleEarth),... more
Maximizing Your Power Mac G5, Jason Schrader, Maximize Your Mac, 2011.12.13. Jason Schrader upgrades a Late 2005 dual-core Power Mac G5 with more memory, a faster hard drive, and SSD. But is it worth the cost?... more
Hi, I'm trying to add my older G4 to our network. We are using an Airport Extreme Base station. I believe OS 10.4 or 10.5 is installed. I've been... more
my safari keeps closing and pages show all kind sof code when they come up. what operating system would be most up to date for this thing im just want... more
Ok, so recently I bought two Power Macs (G4 MDD and Quicksilver) on eBay as I am trying to go for some iOS development later on and some other stuff... more
Hey guys, I've got a problem with an 867Mhz Power Mac G4 connected to an aluminium Apple Display. For some reason I can't select more than 256 colours... more
Death and Rebirth of a Power Mac G4, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 2011.07.28. One week ago, a power outage killed my production Power Mac. A week later, it's running again. The story behind it... more
Time for some nostalgia; this Sunday it'll be 10 years since Apple cancelled one of their oddest computers, the Power Mac G4 Cube. I haven't thought about this one for quite a while, but it's still a beautiful machine... more
A friend of mine is selling a Mac G5 ( 2.3Ghz Dual Core, 8GB Ram, 250GB HDD ) for £200 (about $325) and I was considering buying it. However I know they are old-ish machines and the latest thing they can run is OS X... more
Apple Power Mac G5 Desktop M9393LL/A (Dual 1.8-GHz PowerPC G5, 512 MB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, DVD-R/CD-RW Drive) All of today¿s 32-bit applications benefit... more
Billed bу Apple аѕ “a breakthrough іn desktop processing power”, thе nеw dual CPU Power Mac G5 series represents thе state οf thе art іn Apple desktop technology аnԁ іѕ clearly designed fοr discriminating individuals whο simply won't... more
I found a PowerMac G5 Dual 2.5GHz at a good price. We added 2.5GB's associated with DDR400 and let me tell you, this can be a Speed Machine past belief! I loaded Leopard on a Seagate PATA hard drive. I prefer PATA to SATA drives. Why?... more
I just recently got a G5 to replace my old g4 that took a crap on me. I finally got it up and running after a while of battling with installing OSX on a hard drive. I finally got it running and i'm installing all my programs, music and photos (total of 50 gbs so far). I'm glad, I finally got it working, it seriously was depressing just looking at my old G4 and not getting to do ANY work. This will still be a work in progress, needs ram and probably a second hard drive.