Oh, there are some problems to be sorted out ...
First existing hard- & software, second expectations and available capabilities.
I'd like to give some advise, but unfortunately that's across the ocean.
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First existing hard- & software, second expectations and available capabilities.
I'd like to give some advise, but unfortunately that's across the ocean.
No, first that TiBook (and also PB-DLSD) are no machines, that meet current specs for web-browsing.
They are good for a lot of other things ...
Second, that your 2011 MBP is one of the GPU-failure-prone machines.
Third, that your 2012 MBP seems to be the best option, but somehow has some problems. Well, that's the machine, you'll have to focus on.
Oh, my 2011 never had this video issue, but nevertheless it has a bad battery and my trackpad is pushed upward.. so it’s not being used currently.
That’s dangerous. Get rid of the battery ASAP. Not using won’t stop the swelling.
I did already.
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I hardly use this since I have a 2012 and a 2015.. I may retire the 2012, as I am cutting down on the Macs I have. I even have a G5 Quad not being used currently.
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I hardly use this since I have a 2012 and a 2015.. I may retire the 2012, as I am cutting down on the Macs I have. I even have a G5 Quad not being used currently.
Retire the mid-2012 MBP because of bad memory-chips and because you cannot upgrade to Catalina !?
If that is a non-retina quad-core i7 MBP9,1 it is by far the best horse in your stable !!!
My MBP9,1 is my finest and fastest machine and meant for havy workloads.
I have also a 2015 MacBook Pro retina dual graphics with a 512GB MSATA-PCIE drive. This may replace the 2012, however one issue I am having with the 2012 is Catalina isn’t installing - the memory is bad as I need to replace the 2 8Gb 1600 MHz memory - I wonder if that’s why it’s stating “cannot be installed on your computer” - it is currently running Mavericks ironically even with the bad memory Mavericks runs on it. I have a 512GB Samsung EVO 850.
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Yes, MacBook Pro9,1
So you're really not cut off the internet because of an old Powerbook/TFF struggling with YT and websites ...I have also a 2015 MacBook Pro retina dual graphics with a 512GB MSATA-PCIE drive. This may replace the 2012, however one issue I am having with the 2012 is Catalina isn’t installing - the memory is bad as I need to replace the 2 8Gb 1600 MHz memory - I wonder if that’s why it’s stating “cannot be installed on your computer” - it is currently running Mavericks ironically even with the bad memory Mavericks runs on it. I have a 512GB Samsung EVO 850.
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Yes, MacBook Pro9,1
It's more a matter of getting focussed ...
So you're really not cut off the internet because of an old Powerbook/TFF struggling with YT and websites ...
It's more a matter of getting focussed ...
As stated before, I have plenty of Mac power to browse the internet. I did some tweaking and disabled javascript and the G4 seems to like this and I can browse the net a lot better. True, I could use my Mac Pro next to me to browse the net which I do, but I also like the nostalgia of doing this on PPC macs. I am sure my Quad G5 would have no issues, though its in a box currently as I am afraid to hook it up due to its immense power which can raise my electric bill.
Well, then it's all right ... Postings a two weeks ago sounded seriously desperate and I was a bit concerned.
Great, everything is going to be fine now.
yes, everything will be fine. With the pandemic and other outside issues I just wasnt myself. But one gets over that quickly.
Good to hear that!
Stay focussed on the things, that really matter and on stuff, that is worth to put in effort and money.
(Well, now I also have to say thanks to myself for reminding me about that effort and money thing ...)
Quick question, for PowerPC macs using Webkit latest version, what is a good javascript blocker ? It seems that if I disable this, the whole internet is a lot faster, though I would lose the nice graphics that loads up with javascript.
Well, specifically on topic, I finally got around to setting up a proper FTP server on my G5, so now I can watch video off the 4tb drive I stuck on it using my tv through Kodi. Took some doing with PureFTPd Manager, and I'd tried to get Kodi to use SMB, but the ancient version of SMB 10.5 uses isn't supported by Kodi, so thank god for proper standards.
Use a custom host file - this kills most adverts before they even reach the browser:
Blocking Unwanted Connections with a Hosts File
This article provides details on blocking Ads, Banners, Parasites, and Hijackers, web bugs, possibly unwanted programs etc. with a custom HOSTS file
winhelp2002.mvps.org
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i've basically been using my new dual 1.25 MDD as a daily driver. haven't actually touched my "main" computer at all today.
i've been watching youtube videos with PPCMC, browsing the web, chatting on irc & telegram web, playing games, installing and testing various programs, reading my rss feeds, even doing a lot of these things at the same time. the fact that this 18 year old computer can do all of these things and even multitask like this (at one point today i had over 30 windows open, including web browsers, microsoft office, rss readers, and other stuff, and it didnt even break a sweat) is amazing to me. i'm writing this post from tenfourfox right now actually.
i've been watching youtube videos with PPCMC, browsing the web, chatting on irc & telegram web, playing games, installing and testing various programs, reading my rss feeds, even doing a lot of these things at the same time. the fact that this 18 year old computer can do all of these things and even multitask like this (at one point today i had over 30 windows open, including web browsers, microsoft office, rss readers, and other stuff, and it didnt even break a sweat) is amazing to me. i'm writing this post from tenfourfox right now actually.
My HP elitebook just died after 9 years of service, so until my new machine arrives, my Powerbook G4 is the only personally-owned laptop I have. It'll be my main machine for a week or so.
In the process of making greeting cards in Print Shop Deluxe on my iBook
Took my B&W G4 out the attic just before lock down and have been using it for the past three months. One thing i have been trying to accomplish, is convert a 6hr long m4a recording of a D&D gaming session to mp3. Had a few set backs, few people telling me to use a modern computer. But I managed to do it, all thanks to PPC Media Center. It's slow going, still looking in to if i can ramp up the speed, but got my first file converted last night.
While I've not been preoccupied with that, I've been writing in Bean and watching Star Trek Original series, all on the B&W.
While I've not been preoccupied with that, I've been writing in Bean and watching Star Trek Original series, all on the B&W.
Awesome! In fact, conversion speed will be significantly improved on G4/G5 in the next version of PPCMC 7.1.6 coming out later today.
Oh really? do you know if there is a way to increase the priority to the CPU or is it automatically governed. At the moment, a 6hr recording is taking my G4 500mhz about 6 hours to convert in to an mp3. I mean, I don't mind, because I'm using my machine for other things while it's converting in the background. But it would be nice if it was possible to chuck more CPU time at it.
Also where can I find the latest version of PPCMC?
Also where can I find the latest version of PPCMC?
The Macintosh Garden page linked in the original PPCMC 7.x MacRumors thread will always have the current version.
PPCMC is using the all of your CPU, Mac OS X isn’t Windows were you can set priority. All of that is automatically handled. Any file converting will happen much faster if it is the only thing the machine is doing. Any other simultaneous heavy tasks will slow it down possibly significantly, light tasks should not affect it that much.
Having a 500MHZ CPU doing conversion with the latest FFMPEG release (which is what PPCMC uses) + heavy tasks at the same time is why your experiencing this. I don’t even bother converting anything on my 300MHZ G3.
The next version of PPCMC will have a special G4/G5 download with AltiVec optimizations on in FFMPEG, alongside the standard G3/G4/G5 version. This will allow your G4 to use AltiVec code which allows for faster file conversions.