wardsenatorfe92
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Well, I swore I'd never buy another one of these. Saw a listing on eBay, it was cheap enough so I took the plunge. The listing was very vague, just said Dual USB iBook G3 & 384 MB RAM. Turns out I got a pretty good deal.
Ended up getting a iBook G3 600 MHz/ 384MB RAM/ 10GB HDD (replacement)/ Airport/ DVD-ROM with OS 10.1 installed. Also was surprised to get all the original software CD's that came with it! Only bad part is, you get what you pay for... the thing came in very poor cosmetic condition. The entire case was dinged up and cracked around the sides pretty badly, the latch broken and the battery latch busted and barely usable. I decided I'd try to swap the cases out with the other iBook I had laying around, but that uncovered more problems... the entire machine was missing just about every screw and was re-assembled carefully using ducktape.
Long story short, I ended up taking both iBooks apart completely and getting the other 500MHz iBook to work using all of the 600 MHz iBook's parts. Conclusion: fully working iBook G3 500MHz/ 320 MB RAM (64 soldered to mainboard)/ 10 GB (now working)/ Airport & DVD Drive.
Pics to come, wish I could post some tonight but anyone who knows anything about taking these suckers apart knows how tired I am from working on these all day. )
-Jake
Ended up getting a iBook G3 600 MHz/ 384MB RAM/ 10GB HDD (replacement)/ Airport/ DVD-ROM with OS 10.1 installed. Also was surprised to get all the original software CD's that came with it! Only bad part is, you get what you pay for... the thing came in very poor cosmetic condition. The entire case was dinged up and cracked around the sides pretty badly, the latch broken and the battery latch busted and barely usable. I decided I'd try to swap the cases out with the other iBook I had laying around, but that uncovered more problems... the entire machine was missing just about every screw and was re-assembled carefully using ducktape.
Long story short, I ended up taking both iBooks apart completely and getting the other 500MHz iBook to work using all of the 600 MHz iBook's parts. Conclusion: fully working iBook G3 500MHz/ 320 MB RAM (64 soldered to mainboard)/ 10 GB (now working)/ Airport & DVD Drive.
Pics to come, wish I could post some tonight but anyone who knows anything about taking these suckers apart knows how tired I am from working on these all day. )
-Jake