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What can speed up a G4 powerbook?
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I have a 1.67ghz powerbook, what can i do to speed it up? I have 1.5gb of RAM in it already, so...what next?
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I was going to recommend the Daystar upgrade:
http://daystar-store.com/index.asp?P...ROD&ProdID=555
but it is not available for your model...
Depending on how you use your 'book, you might find increasing the RAM to 2.5 gb or upgrading the hard drive to 7200 rpm would give some speed boosts.
Macworlds March issue has lots of tips for grooming your system and apps to give speedier overall performance.
enjoy,
Rich
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You can't address more than 2 gigs of RAM, so 2.5 is a no-go...and more RAM rarely gives much benefit after 1.5 GB anyway.
I'd recommend a 7200rpm hard drive--that's the biggest bottleneck in performance with laptops, so get that upgraded.
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I have the latest edition G4 powerbook, aluminum, what speed is my hd?
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Originally Posted by mrmister
You can't address more than 2 gigs of RAM, so 2.5 is a no-go...
If you have the latest revision of the Powerbook, this could work
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iMac 24" | Core 2 Extreme 2.8GHz | 4GB RAM | 500GB HD
PowerBook G4 15" HR | 1.67GHz | 2GB RAM | 100GB HD
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If only we could upgrade the BUS speed 166MHz!
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Originally Posted by Recontech
I have a 1.67ghz powerbook, what can i do to speed it up? I have 1.5gb of RAM in it already, so...what next?
Get a Macbook Pro 2.16 and only work with universal applications for a few months... I guess it's not that good a solution. 
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