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  • Re: Recommendations for upgrading PowerBook G3 to OS X?

    From Ian Soboroff@org@acm.isoboroff to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:39:21
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    matt neuburg <matt@tidbits.com> writes:

    You've left out a very important piece of information - how big is your
    hard disk? Mac OS X is huge, and some machines shipped with hard disks
    that are not big enough for it.

    I don't know about that. I'm running 10.2.6 on my Wallstreet which
    has an 8GB disk, and I have 4GB free.

    Ian
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  • From Orac@orac@mac.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 01:53:30
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    In article <9cfsmpq6w1y.fsf@rogue.ncsl.nist.gov>,
    Ian Soboroff <org@acm.isoboroff> wrote:

    matt neuburg <matt@tidbits.com> writes:

    You've left out a very important piece of information - how big is your hard disk? Mac OS X is huge, and some machines shipped with hard disks that are not big enough for it.

    I don't know about that. I'm running 10.2.6 on my Wallstreet which
    has an 8GB disk, and I have 4GB free.

    I think that you should be able to install OS X, then. It takes up about
    a 2 Gig or so.
    --
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  • From seebs@seebs@plethora.net (Seebs) to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, July 03, 2003 07:37:27
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    In article <m27k746rci.fsf@qqqq.invalid>, David C. <shamino@techie.com> wrote: >According to MacTracker, the maximum RAM of a Lombard is 512M (384M
    according to Apple.) The maximum RAM of a Pismo is 1GB (512M
    according to Apple.)

    I have never seen a Pismo with over 640 (128+512).

    -s
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  • From shamino@shamino@techie.com (David C.) to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, July 04, 2003 17:15:15
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    Seebs writes:
    David C. wrote:

    According to MacTracker, the maximum RAM of a Lombard is 512M (384M
    according to Apple.) The maximum RAM of a Pismo is 1GB (512M
    according to Apple.)

    I have never seen a Pismo with over 640 (128+512).

    Maybe so, but several sources say that it can take 1GB.

    MacTracker (http://www.mactracker.ca/) is one

    Crucial also says so - up to 512M in each of two memory slots using
    either PC-100 at CAS=2 or PC133 at CAS=3.

    Kingston also agrees with this.

    -- David
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  • From seebs@seebs@plethora.net (Seebs) to comp.sys.mac.system on Saturday, July 05, 2003 07:46:12
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    In article <m2adbuxacc.fsf@qqqq.invalid>, David C. <shamino@techie.com> wrote: >Maybe so, but several sources say that it can take 1GB.

    Neat!

    This implies that someone has started making low-profile 512MB chips for them, which I guess isn't entirely surprising, but which I'd never seen.

    -s
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  • From Bob Harris@harris@zk3.dec.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Sunday, July 06, 2003 03:37:14
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    In article <3f068244$0$96347$3c090ad1@news.plethora.net>,
    seebs@plethora.net (Seebs) wrote:

    In article <m2adbuxacc.fsf@qqqq.invalid>, David C. <shamino@techie.com> wrote:
    Maybe so, but several sources say that it can take 1GB.

    Neat!

    This implies that someone has started making low-profile 512MB chips for them,
    which I guess isn't entirely surprising, but which I'd never seen.

    I've lost track of which Powerbook this thread was discussing. If it
    was Lombard or Wallstreet, then low-profile would be needed. If it is
    Pismo, then that can take standard SO-DIMM (I've got one in the lower
    slot).

    Bob Harris
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