How possible is it upgrade a macbook of the following config

Retouchphotos · 15th August 2006, 12:53

1.67GHz PowerPC G4
512MB PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM (running at 333MHz)
17-inch (diagonal), 1680 x 1050 resolution, TFT widescreen
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 with 128MB of DDR SDRAM and dual-link DVI
DVI, VGA, S-video and composite
Combined analog and optical digital line-in, combined analog and optical digital line-out, stereo speakers, microphone
80GB Hard Disk Ultra ATA/100 5400 rpm
8x SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit)
Built-in 54-Mbps AirPort Extreme (Wi-Fi 802.11g) built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
Full size, illuminated with ambient light sensor
One FireWire 400, one FireWire 800, two USB 2.0 ports, and Type I/II PC Card

can it be upgraded..? Ram memory i mean? and graphics card? if required?
what else of this config laptop can be upgraded?
thanx a ton for any help

(p.s. i'm so new to the hardware part of macs so bear with me)

Magnus · 15th August 2006, 13:24

As with most notebooks there's not much you can do to upgrade.

You can put up to 2Gb of RAM.
You could get a larger hd and put in it, up to 120Gb or so.
You could get a PCCard and get more USB/Fw ports.

But that's about it. You cannot upgrade graphics card. You can use an external monitor, and external drives to increase storage.

What is it you would want to upgrade?

Zaid Al Hilali · 15th August 2006, 15:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retouchphotos

1.67GHz PowerPC G4
512MB PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM

Correction: This is not a MacBook this is a PowerBook. I don't want to add to this confusion, but in summary, Apple renamed most of their products lately after switching to Intel chips. So the Laptop you are enquiring about is an older model of Macbook that runs on PowerPC Motorola chip, hence it will run Mac version of Adobe Photoshop (your other post) perfectly.

Magnus · 15th August 2006, 15:43

Thanks Zaid for catching that, I totally missed it.

15th August 2006, 12:53	#1 (permalink)
Retouchphotos Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 123	How possible is it upgrade a macbook of the following config 1.67GHz PowerPC G4 512MB PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM (running at 333MHz) 17-inch (diagonal), 1680 x 1050 resolution, TFT widescreen ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 with 128MB of DDR SDRAM and dual-link DVI DVI, VGA, S-video and composite Combined analog and optical digital line-in, combined analog and optical digital line-out, stereo speakers, microphone 80GB Hard Disk Ultra ATA/100 5400 rpm 8x SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) Built-in 54-Mbps AirPort Extreme (Wi-Fi 802.11g) built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR Full size, illuminated with ambient light sensor One FireWire 400, one FireWire 800, two USB 2.0 ports, and Type I/II PC Card can it be upgraded..? Ram memory i mean? and graphics card? if required? what else of this config laptop can be upgraded? thanx a ton for any help (p.s. i'm so new to the hardware part of macs so bear with me) Last edited by Retouchphotos : 15th August 2006 at 13:17.

15th August 2006, 13:24	#2 (permalink)
Magnus Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Dubai Posts: 8,394	Not much As with most notebooks there's not much you can do to upgrade. You can put up to 2Gb of RAM. You could get a larger hd and put in it, up to 120Gb or so. You could get a PCCard and get more USB/Fw ports. But that's about it. You cannot upgrade graphics card. You can use an external monitor, and external drives to increase storage. What is it you would want to upgrade?

15th August 2006, 15:43	#4 (permalink)
Magnus Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Dubai Posts: 8,394	Thank! Thanks Zaid for catching that, I totally missed it.

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