Pikari
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The later iMac G4s and their successors all use the current AirPort Extreme card, which retails for $50 at the Apple Store. Before that, you had to use a regular AirPort card which uses 802.11b.
I'm trying to mod my old iBook G3 Clamshell because frankly.. the memory and processing speed sucks.
I really like the way the computer looks and I don't want to buy a new one.
I'd like to at least upgrade it to 1GB RAM and 120 GB HD Space, and the processing speed up to a 1.6 or 1.7ghz if possible higher.
How could I do this?
I'm not worried about how much the hard drives are going to cost, I just really like this computer and want to upgrade it so I can actually USE it.
Need Help Upgrading Or Adding Airport Imac G4 Specs
Optical Drive: The standard optical drive shipped with iMac G4 PPC 4,2 is either a 10x CD-RW or a 10x CD-RW/'Combo'. The optical drive can easily be upgraded to a SuperDrive. AirPort Card: The iMac G4 PPC 4,2 offered an optional 802.11b AirPort card. If a particular iMac was not built with one, it can easily be installed later. The problem is, that this thing is about 15 years old now. Apple discontinued the PowerPC architecture about 10 years ago and there are no updates available anymore. So you can't really use it anymore. Even playing a YouTube video is beyond the capability of the PowerPC G4 CPU. Those are the specifications of the renewed iMac: Original Super Drive. Later iMac G4 models - those with 1.0 GHz and 1.25 GHz processors - support internal Bluetooth 1.1, but none had it installed by default. To add Bluetooth to iMac G4 models that do not support internal Bluetooth or do not have it installed, it is easy to use a USB Bluetooth dongle. The G3 iMac influenced the whole industry, but Apple continued to move forward with innovative designs using G4, G5, and Intel processors. IMac (Flat Panel) and iMac (17-inch Flat Panel): Installing or Replacing Memory, Apple. How to access and upgrade RAM in the iMac’s “user accessible” memory socket.