A few questions before I purchase

[andehlu]

Hey all,

have a few questions. My landlord wants to sell me his powerbook g4 400MHz 256mb for 500$ canadian. Its a good deal but before I buy it maybe you can help me. I dont mind if its a bit chuggy as panther chugs a bit on my 400MHz desktop with 1 gig of ram but will this machine be able to run panther at all?

Also anyone have any idea what RAM upgrades would cost around?

And last question. I dont have panther out of the box but I have 'software install and restore' discs for a newer IMac. Can i reload the laptop using these discs?

Thanks alot

 

[Randman]

I dont have panther out of the box but I have 'software install and restore' discs for a newer IMac. Can i reload the laptop using these discs?

Unless you remove Panther from the iMac, you'd be pirating it.

 

[bobw]

Panther will run fine on that Powerbook. I have one and no problems. I have 384MB of ram in it.

http://www.ramseeker.com - good place to get prices

also Dealram - http://dealram.com/

I'm not sure, but I don't think the iMac disks will work. Someone here will know for sure.

 

[andehlu]

Unless you remove Panther from the iMac, you'd be pirating it.

ya i know, the iMac is not in use.....