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can i install the newest apple os on my ibook g3? I want my ibook to work like a new mac book.
Short answer: nope. Long answer: the iBook G3 runs the older PowerPC architecture. A new MacBook runs on Intel processors. Apple made 10.6 Snow Leopard Intel-only so they didn’t have to double the code… and a lot of other reasons. The greatest OS your iBook can realistically run is Tiger. Finding tiger online seems to be a bit difficult, but there are a lot of copies available on eBay if that’s your cup of tea. Just search “tiger mac os x” and it pulls up a bunch of install DVDs. See Mayer’s system requirements below for a quick check if your G3 will run Tiger. Unfortunately, you won’t get close to the capabilities of Snow Leopard with that machine. Sorry. Hope that helps.
You could install MintPPC … There are many new Linux based OSes that will work on the iBook G3 !
