[Bradford] 15 yr old iBook?

[Adam Sargant]

OK based on feedback and research I'm going to advise seeing if it
will run the Tiger OS and if so, try a memory upgrade (it does seem
they can be still got hold of) and try LibreOffice... thanks again

On 10 December 2011 13:00, Adam Sargant <adam at sargant.net> wrote:
> I kind of suspected that to be the case... thanks
>
> On 10 December 2011 12:42, John R Hudson <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com> wrote:
>> Dear Adam
>>
>> According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibook the only way of increasing the
>> amount of RAM is to get it from Apple. Even if it is still available, you are
>> restricted to ½Gb.
>>
>> Bear in mind that the screen is 600x800 and the processor around 350MHz; so,
>> by modern standards, you are not going to get much performance, other than
>> from native apps of the time.
>>
>> John
>> --
>> On Saturday 10 December 2011 12:24:44 Adam Sargant wrote:
>>> Just had a query from a friend who has just bought an old Clamshell
>>> iBook and wants to install iWork on it but it doesn't have enough
>>> memory... I've never opened up an iBook before and don't want to start
>>> now... any one know anyone who can whatever is necessary and if it
>>> even feasible?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
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