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homiefrisco69 - Feb 27, 2006 - 12:46 am
I have a imac G3 300 Mhz with 512 MB Mac OS X 10.4.5. I was wondering if it was possible to remove the CD drive a place a Super drive? And, if you know, what type of iDVD or iLife would be best for my computer. Also, can I connect a new mac mini G4 to my computer?
philippe99 - Feb 27, 2006 - 6:37 am
Hi and welcome to macosx.com
(1) about connecting the mini to the G3
Yes, through a FW cable, and while booting in Target Firewire mode, one machine can be seen by the other as a simple hard drive
To put the A computer into Target Disk mode, you restart the A machine and hold down the T key until the FireWire icon appears on the display. You then connect a FireWire cable from A to the other computer. When the other computer completes its normal boot, through the FireWire connection, a hard disk icon of A appears on its desktop.
(2)About upgrading the G3
The iMac G3 is not easily expandable and -for short-, updating it with a internal CD/DVD burner (device + tech action) will nearly reach the price of a mini !
You can hang to the G3 a external CD/DVD burner (Firewire one; around 150$).
But I repeat I would not put a cent on such an old machine which can be bought for around 100$ on eBay.
(3) about iDVD/iLife
I saw iLife'04 running 'normally' on a friend's iMac G3 SE with 768MB
Regards
Philippe
(1) about connecting the mini to the G3
Yes, through a FW cable, and while booting in Target Firewire mode, one machine can be seen by the other as a simple hard drive
To put the A computer into Target Disk mode, you restart the A machine and hold down the T key until the FireWire icon appears on the display. You then connect a FireWire cable from A to the other computer. When the other computer completes its normal boot, through the FireWire connection, a hard disk icon of A appears on its desktop.
(2)About upgrading the G3
The iMac G3 is not easily expandable and -for short-, updating it with a internal CD/DVD burner (device + tech action) will nearly reach the price of a mini !
You can hang to the G3 a external CD/DVD burner (Firewire one; around 150$).
But I repeat I would not put a cent on such an old machine which can be bought for around 100$ on eBay.
(3) about iDVD/iLife
I saw iLife'04 running 'normally' on a friend's iMac G3 SE with 768MB
Regards
Philippe
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