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He says I should upgrade the RAM from 512MB to 1GB and that he doesn't know whether or not I can put any other higher data HDD in the Powerbook G4 besides something up to 320GB. He stated that if he were in my shoes, he would go ahead and do it but he said that I should NOT spend over $150 on the laptop. Basically because of the parts situation with the Powerbook G4, if other parts of the laptop die then fixing up the unit will have been a waste in his opinion. then me fixing up the laptop will have been a waste of money because the Powerbook G4 can not handle an upgraded new faster top-of-the-line motherboard or something like.

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The pc is already 6 years old and even though I can replace the HDD now, if other things break like they normally do such optical, motherboard, etc. So, some of the things he wanted me to take note of is: My big concern in all of this is ' Is this laptop worth fixing and if so, then how best should I use it?' I posed this question to him and he said that I should NOT use it for anything media related but that I could use it to learn programming or 'stuff like that'. He gave me some extra tips as well as overall advice.

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So, basically he said that all I needed was the OS software (I am going to use Mac OS X Leopard 10.5) and a new HDD. Therefore, the technician stated that the HDD was dead and that I needed to replace it. They hooked up their external HDD to my laptop and then the laptop did power on normally. They said that I can only use Leopard 10.5 or Tiger 10.4 operating system for the laptop. From how I received the laptop to my posting here to get advice about it and also what advice you (headrush) gave me. First, I told them everything about my scenario. So, this is what they did and also what they told me. Ok, I just got back from the apple store here for my appointment.

So, what I'm wondering is before I drop the cash on a new HDD, would it be ok if I experimented with a different old HDD that DOES work and then if it does work then I can purchase a new HDD and place in the Mac I'm trying to fix here. Before making that investment though, I want to ensure that by using a new HDD the laptop WILL in fact be perfectly fine after that. Regarding the new HDD, I don't have a new spare HDD laying around so that means I would have to purchase one to put in the laptop.

Did I understand all that correctly? If not please clarify. But if the laptop does NOT boot from the OS software cd when I insert it and press 'c' as it is loading up then that means the HDD is dead and I need to repeat your above instructions with a new HDD. So, if it works, meaning that when I put in the cd with the os software on it, it boots from the inserted OS software cd then I don't need a new HDD and I can simply format the HDD via the OS software cd and everything is good to go. This is a bit confusing or I'm not reading it correctly which is most likely the case. But then you state -> ' If this works you could attach the new HD, (powered off), boot off CD, choose Disk Utility in menu of installer, format new HD, quit Disk Utility, and then continue with installation onto the new HD.

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