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Sony used to make a composite/s-video to FireWire capture device. If I recall correctly I used to use it with iMovie. It worked really well.

Not a bad price at all, even with the line on the screen. Pismo is by far my favorite of the PPC PowerBook line.

Alright, finally got to do some bench marks for this computer. Blackmagic Design v3.4.2 disk speed test (best of 3 runs, all conducted from Sequoia 15.5). Original 256GB SSD: 510MB/s write - 1021MB/s read Apple 655-1859H 512GB SSD: 1346MB/s write - 1384MB/s read For the SSD, the 512GB drive has...

Agreed, definitely a great on-the-go basic system!

I have run Mac OS 10.2.8 on a 240mhz 3400c with 144MB ram way back in the day… even with max RAM it was way less responsive than a 233mhz G3 with 128MB ram. I think slower system bus and lack of the G3’s extra cache, and weaker graphics system really hits the performance. It was cool to see it...

Finding NIB thunderbolt 2 to thunderbolt 2 cables turned out to be harder than expected. Turns out they were discontinued at some point not too long ago. Finally found some being clearanced at a local Staples for $18 for the 2meter version. Picked up two so I’d have a backup cable.

@CC_333 I had a 2005 iBook G4 1.33ghz back when still relevant (like 2007 era), and its factory 40GB hard drive was outgrown so fast by sudden mass usage of space for iTunes purchases (music and video). Only good news was I didn’t have to worry about my base iPod Video (30GB I believe) running...

One thing I haven't done is sign into iCloud. With the system running so well right now I'm not sure if that would cause several other overhead processes to kick on and eat into the limited dual-core CPU's capacity. Thinking things like iCloud shared clipboard, AirPods handover, AppleWatch...

Finally had a chance to format the drive, do a clean install of Monterey, then OCLP install Sequoia 15.5. Overall impressions are that once the system is running everything is relatively smooth. General system responsiveness feels pretty quick (definitely slower than a MacBook Air M1 8gb, but...

@akator70 very cool! I’ve read that Sequoia runs a bit faster than Sonoma on some of these older machines. Has that been your experience as well?

Also, fun find was that the serial number puts it as produced October 2016, during the final month of production 11” version from what I’m seeing in EveryMac database.

Picked up a 2015 MacBook Air 11” locally. 2.2 i7 and 8gb RAM with 256gb SSD. Pretty well equipped version. In generally good physical condition, no dents, etc. Most likely will split the storage in two and put latest macOS on one partition with OCLP and Linux Mint on the other partition...

Quick add to above. On my installs I’ve seen that Load only when needed checkbox sometimes defaulted as checked, and sometimes not. No idea what determines a fresh install’s behavior (or if it changed at some point between versions).

I had similar behavior before with 8.1 through 9 on certain machines. If I recall correctly, I had to update settings to keep TCP/IP enabled indefinitely instead of just when it thinks an app needs it. Keeping it enabled resolved my issues. Control Panels -> TCP/IP -> Edit, User Mode -> Set to...

@CircuitBored any plans for one for the PowerBook G3 Pismo?