Key Lime iBook, IBM Intellistation, hp w20 LCD, Airport card

[Cloud Strife]

Got a Key Lime iBook 366MHz with 192MB RAM, firewire, 10GB HD that sounds like a grinder, intermittent CDROM drive and battery, an IBM Intellistation that shuts down by itself soon after booting, which I suspect is a temperature issue, a hp w20 LCD that has backlight problems but otherwise works fine, and an Airport card in its original box which I haven't tested yet. I only paid $15 for the LCD and the rest followed!

Spent an hour and a half replacing the HD with a 40GB 5400rpm Hitachi Travelstar that I had lying around. This is the iBook after a cleanup with isopropyl alcohol, and after replacing the HD.

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[slimac55]

Nice. I have to say I am a fan of the Key Lime. But I only have Indigo, Blueberry and Tangerine iBooks. The hard drive in my Indigo is really loud too. Unfortunately I don't have a 2.5" IDE hard drive anywhere so I can't really do anything about it.

 

[Cory5412]

Nice, despite the fact that they're so loud, visually, the Key Lime iBook has always been one of my favorites. What's the battery life like? I bet it would be a cool answer to all of the netbooks in cafes today, if the battery life was decent, and you had either a minimalistic linux setup, or OSX with a bunch of ram. [] ]'>

 

[MacDan]

The iBook is so beautiful!!! [thud]

 

[Bunsen]

Dunno about the CPU in the Key Lime, but I've installed OS X 10.3 on the original 300MHz iBook with 512MB of RAM, and while it's doable, it's not exactly a joy to use. It's a little more painful than I remember it being on my Beige G3/300, probably because of the smaller cache. The 800x600 screen doesn't help any.

/edit/ http://lowendmac.com/pb2/firewire-ibook-g3-466-mhz.html

adds key lime as an alternative to graphite. It replaces the 366 MHz G3 processor with the new G3e running at 466 MHz. The G3e includes an on-chip L2 cache that runs at full CPU speed for improved processor efficiency

In which case, I say OS X all the way! That's 133MHz faster than the 'book I'm using right now.

//edit// http://lowendmac.com/pb2/firewire-ibook-g3-366-mhz.html

key lime. / newer G3e running at 366 MHz, which includes an on-chip L2 cache that runs at full processor speed

Even then, probably worth a try

 

[stevebez]

I have an indigo 366 with 10.4 on it. It's a little sluggish, but I only have 320 mb in it. My understanding is they run quite well with 576 and a quick hard disk. Also you can mod it for 1024x768 without too much hasle.