Re: [NTLK] [OT] PowerBook G4 or MacBook Pro? TPM? Huh?!

From: Thomas Brand (T2) <thomasbrand_at_mac.com>
Date: Sat Jul 21 2007 - 11:44:15 EDT

On Jul 21, 2007, at 6:02 AM, Eckhart Köppen wrote:
> Any PowerPC based machine will run Classic, but for booting into OS
> 9, you might be out of luck even with a TiBook:

Titanium PowerBooks were the last PowerBooks that are capable of
booting into Mac OS 9.
>
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86209
>
> I'm leaning towards either an old iBook G3 (maybe G4), or a MacBook.
> Spending much on an older machine doesn't seem to make sense, and G4
> PowerBooks are still quite expensive on the second hand market.

iBook G3s and not iBooks G4s are capable of booting into Mac OS 9.

Thomas Brand (T2)
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