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Thanks! I was too slow though. Lost my chance at most of the machines I was looking at. Only a couple of broken g4 powerbooks left, which is too much of a gamble.
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Also you have think what you make with the Mac, for example for gaming the best option is a Power Mac G5, but for programming a Mac Mini G4 is good, although the most important in both cases is their prices and what machine version are, for the CPU speed, memory 512Mb or 1 GB, the Power Book is the comfortable option, but the most important in all cases these machines have 20 years and their previous owners have been used a lot so the condition of these computers will not be the best.
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On Wikipedia it says (in relation to MorphOs compatibility):

"PowerBook G4 (except for 12" aluminum models)"

Does that mean there are there 12" non-aluminum models that do work?
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Most powerbook g4 works. Wiki is old
Get compatibilty from morphos site
->https://www.morphos-team.net/faq
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plouf wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 11:26 am Most powerbook g4 works. Wiki is old
Get compatibilty from morphos site
->https://www.morphos-team.net/faq
Thanks. Seems I confused powerbooks and Ibooks. This is an Ibook g4, which seems it should work regardless(?)
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Most ppc hardware works
"Incobatibilty" has mainly to do with embedded gfx card/sound card etc
http://morph.zone is specialized morphos forum, you can precise info there :-)
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Looks like I got my hands on an Imac G5, Yay!!! :D
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plouf wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 11:26 am Wiki is old
Which Wiki do you mean? MorphOS Library wiki should be up-to-date, or can you tell what wouldn't be there?

oceanarts wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 12:44 pm This is an Ibook g4, which seems it should work regardless(?)
As the previous wiki tells, "all G4 iBooks" are supported.

oceanarts wrote: Mon Sep 01, 2025 8:39 pm Looks like I got my hands on an Imac G5, Yay!!! :D
Hopefully it's an "iSight" (12,1) model, others won't work.
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jPV wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 9:28 am Hopefully it's an "iSight" (12,1) model, others won't work.
Sellers are not necessarily informed about what they are selling. Which make things a little harder. As far as I can tell it's an iSight model.
If not then I'll have to resell it I suppose.
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