The lid has some leftover adhesive on it, and the thing has no hdd(its probably there sitting dead tho)Oh, great, a G3 900MHz!? - that's the fastest G3 iBook and obviously one of the rare models. Well, it depends on the overall condition, but 27$ seems to be a good price ...
The lid has some leftover adhesive on it, and the thing has no hdd(its probably there sitting dead tho)
Also what GPU plague do you speak of? I've never heard of any PowerPC based notebook with GPU problems. That is unless you are referring to the Rage 128 which was a plague in itself, being obsolete way before apple started using it in any machine. I have a 500Mhz iBook G3 that I've owned for over 10 years and it still works fine.Okay so i found another deal on an iBook, a 14in Snow G3 900Mhz(one with Myriad lettering). But before i spend my 27$ on that, is it affected by the GPU plague? I've seen those issues in the older 500-600mhz G3 but not on the 'Early 2003' models.
Doesn't matter, buy it. Or if you don't want it; buy it and I'll buy it from you lol. $27 is nothing for one of those.
There was a problem with the later G3 iBooks; I don't remember the specifics but my 800 MHz one was affected (during warranty, thankfully).Also what GPU plague do you speak of? I've never heard of any PowerPC based notebook with GPU problems.
It was a smelly problem IIRCThere was a problem with the later G3 iBooks; I don't remember the specifics but my 800 MHz one was affected (during warranty, thankfully).
It was a smelly problem IIRC
I miss the "Love this story button" in this forumYep - disgusting smell!
I once tried to remove that smelly sticky-stuff from beneath the keyboard of an iBookG3-Snow and happend to leave the remnants on my desk close to the bathroom door...
Later I demonstrated it to my wife and how disgusting smelly that plastic stuff was and she told me, that she came from the showers got aware of that smell, when passing by my desk and immediately returned to the showers for a second time ...
There was a problem with the later G3 iBooks; I don't remember the specifics but my 800 MHz one was affected (during warranty, thankfully).
I would recommend the iBook 12" 600 or 700MHz or 14" 700MHz "Ice" models prior which used the 16MB "Radeon Mobility" GPU (recognized by glxinfo as the "Radeon Mobility 7000"). These units have been rock solid in comparison.
I have a 14" ice 700MHz iBook. Sadly its reputation as solid seems a bit undeserved. Having said that, it doesn't whiff too bad but I did give it a thorough clean on acquisition just in case.