What's Inside?

[JesusIsHardCore]

So, what's inside your pc?

[Giga Hertz]

A mother board, PSU, CPU, video card... Oh you're asking what CPU I've got.

I'm using an AMD Athlon XP 2600+

[DyingToLive]

Whatever the heck they put into those iBook G4's.

I seriously need to work on my hardware wisdom. =P Because I am honestly clueless... Ahh well. There's time for improvement yet!

But seriously, if anyone actually knows what the heck apple puts into these things, I'd really like to know.

[JesusIsHardCore]

Originally Posted by DyingToLive

Whatever the heck they put into those iBook G4's.

I seriously need to work on my hardware wisdom. =P Because I am honestly clueless... Ahh well. There's time for improvement yet!

But seriously, if anyone actually knows what the heck apple puts into these things, I'd really like to know.

Probably a Motorola processor, the new Mac's have an Intel processor.

[krystal]

to the best of my knowledge lol there is a cd writer/dvd-rom combo drive
expansion bay hehe
and the card reader things

ati graphics

amd sempron

i'm sure there is a motherboard

probably a fan or two

and that's the extent of any computer gut knowledge i might have lol my computer is a compaq presario if that helps any

[Giga Hertz]

Wikipedia and Google are your friends.

A PowerPC G4 chip, slot-loading optical drives and a solid white case and keyboard were added on October 23, 2003—finally ending Apple’s use of the G3 chip. The translucent case finish, magnesium chassis and palmrests were replaced with opaque plastics.
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Models

* iBook G4 (October 22, 2003) - Major revision, processor switch
o 12-inch or 14-inch Active-matrix TFT Display (1024x768 max resolution)
o G4 800/933 MHz/1 GHz
o 256 MB RAM
o 30/40/60 GB Hard Disk
o Slot-load Combo (CD-RW/DVD-ROM)
o USB 2.0, Firewire 400, Video Out, Ethernet 10/100
o Airport Extreme (802.11g, optional)
o Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther"

* iBook G4 Early 2004 (April 19, 2004) - Minor revision
o G4 1.0/1.2 GHz
o Slot-load SuperDrive (DVD-R) Built to Order Option
o (Other Specifications Same as iBook G4)

* iBook G4 Late 2004 (October 19, 2004) - Minor revision
o G4 1.2/1.33 GHz
o 30/40/60 GB Hard Disk
o Slot-load Combo (DVD/CD-RW)/SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
o AirPort Extreme Standard
o (Other Specifications Same as iBook G4 Early 2004)
o The three models are: M9623LL/A (12-inch, 1.2 GHz, combo drive), M9627LL/A (14-inch, 1.33 GHz, combo drive), M9628LL/A (14-inch, 1.33 GHz, super drive)
o Originally shipped with Mac OS X v10.3 Panther but with the release of Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger, all current iBooks shipped with the more up-to-date operating system.

* iBook G4 Mid 2005 (July 26, 2005) - Minor revision
o Still a G4 PowerPC
o M9846LL/A: (Retail $999) 1.33 GHz; 12-inch display; 40 GB hard disk; Slot-Load Combo Drive DVD-ROM/CD-RW
o M9848LL/A: (Retail $1299) 1.42 GHz; 14-inch display; 60 GB hard disk; Slot-Load SuperDrive DVD±RW/CD-RW
o While the 14-inch display is bigger it is the same resolution as the 12-inch.
o Both models now feature: 512 MB memory (expandable to 1.5 GB) at 333 MHz; ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 graphics processor with 32 MB video RAM; Sudden Motion Sensor (parks the hard drive head if the iBook is dropped); scrolling trackpad; Bluetooth 2.0+EDR; Slightly faster bus 133 MHz/142 MHz
o (Other Specifications Same as iBook G4 Late 2004)

They mostly use crappy Power PC chips.