Just picked up a PowerBook which was literally in line at the dump, and I was wondering if it supported booting in OS9. It's a 15 inch widescreen and it's also been refusing to recognize any of the system folders I give it, I read that these guys are very picky, but perhaps this model is just too new. Can a 1GHz, 15-inch widescreen PowerBook boot in OS 9; and, if so, can someone hook me up with that?
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2011, July 26 - 2:19am
#1
OS9 on 1GHz PowerBook
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2011, July 26 - 2:58am
#2
Depends on the 1 GHz Powerbook. If it has USB 2.0 & a Firewire 800 port, then no.
Check Everymac dot com for specs on the exact model.
2011, July 26 - 3:05am
#3
Wow, that is a NICE site!
Alas, it looks like I'll be stuck in OSX.
Still gloating on how I could squeasel that thing home from the dump.
that is all.
2011, July 26 - 3:13am
#4
Yes. I'd be over the moon for weeks if I'd made such a find. Congratulations.
2011, July 26 - 9:24am
#5
SOAB, that's a true find. It'll run Classic just fine and it doesn't suffer from any of the limitations that affected the Titanium powerbooks, ie. Wireless is 100x better.
2011, July 29 - 5:29am
#6
Sorry to branch a little off topic, but out of interest, what was the last laptop model that was able to boot OS 9?
2011, July 29 - 7:16am
#7
@Mac Dro: Possibly the 1st PowerBook G4 1.0 (Ti) from 2002 was the last G4 laptop to support booting into OS 9. - And the iBook G3/900 14-Inch from Early 2003 was the last G3 laptop to support native booting into 9... So the iBook G3/900 may have been the last. Just going by info from "EveryMac dot com", not experience, so could be wrong.