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I NEED MAC HELP

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JRullo
Posts: 1794 - Karma: 265
hey i bought a refurbished mac ibook g4, and i am having some problems, i cant play games and i can kind of play gnarshmallow but it is super slow like it takes a good 5 mins to get down the hill, and its all choppy, i also cant watch vids on youtube or here on NS. any help would be greatly appreciated, and +k for all helpful responses. thanks a lot
Oct 28 2009 6:48PM
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.newman.
Posts: 1552 - Karma: 236
probably the best thing to do would be to take it to a specialist, but...
if there is alot of extra stuff on it try going through and deleting unnecessary programs and shit

Oct 28 2009 6:50PM
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daringharry.
Posts: 476 - Karma: 9
you gots a virus
Oct 28 2009 6:50PM
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user098123
Posts: 6072 - Karma: 18
Update your flash player or get a new one.
Oct 28 2009 6:52PM
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JRullo
Posts: 1794 - Karma: 265
bump any other advice i have os x 10.4.11
Oct 28 2009 7:22PM
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ZavierV
Posts: 5077 - Karma: 100
Back up all your shit.

Repair all the permission

Do a clean install

Update to new version of the OS


Oct 28 2009 7:28PM
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donots06
Posts: 557 - Karma: 41
I have a powerbook g4 and it sucks at flash. The g4 is a pretty old processor, I just think its too old.
Oct 28 2009 7:28PM
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123ski
Posts: 7374 - Karma: 1,415
your number 1 problem is that you bought a mac
Oct 28 2009 7:31PM
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h_bar
Posts: 1611 - Karma: 506
try to get your hands on a laptop with whatever OS that Microsoft ran back then and see if it actually works.


i hate comments like these
Oct 28 2009 7:43PM
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connoroh
Posts: 2333 - Karma: 246
This,

except he won't be able to update to leopard since it's intel based, and the ibook g4 isn't if my memory serves me right.
Oct 28 2009 8:00PM
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ZavierV
Posts: 5077 - Karma: 100
Yeah you're right. I just assumed that everyone who's owned a mac within the past three years or so had an intel based mac.


Oct 28 2009 8:28PM
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123ski
Posts: 7374 - Karma: 1,415
i'm sorry..did I say that out loud?
Oct 28 2009 8:53PM
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eheath
Posts: 61602 - Karma: 123,023
That only works when its about windows based laptops.
Oct 28 2009 8:55PM
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ROOS.
Posts: 1992 - Karma: 39
how recent is your last software update, i would do that first, since the compy is old it may just need some updating
Oct 28 2009 8:56PM
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user098123
Posts: 6072 - Karma: 18
Hardly...my Lenovo kicks the shit out of a Mac specwise, and I dual boot Windows 7 and Kubuntu, which is way better then running a mac OS.
Oct 28 2009 8:57PM
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thegreyarea
Posts: 3265 - Karma: 34
Flash performance on a G4 is horrible slow. It runs the PPC architecture, an essentially dead technology. Search Google with the link below and PM Bangor. He runs 2 G4s with Flash and will be a great resource for tuning your Mac.

G4 flash performance
http://www.google.com/search?q=g4+flash+performance
Oct 28 2009 9:17PM
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123ski
Posts: 7374 - Karma: 1,415
your right..my 64bit version of Windows 7 sucks...so does my Lenovo....I wish I had a spent more money on a computer that just "looks better" when I am not using it.
Oct 29 2009 12:57AM
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eheath
Posts: 61602 - Karma: 123,023
You can say that about other retards, but please don't classify me in that group of shit head.
Oct 29 2009 12:59AM
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Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
Basically, FUCK COMPUTERS OF ANY KIND! They all are annoying and painful as fuck to use.
Oct 29 2009 12:59AM
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gmack24
Posts: 4636 - Karma: 31
*unless its a mac
Oct 29 2009 1:01AM
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Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
No, even Macs. I, for some reason, have had HORRID luck with Macs and PCs. All the iMacs I used at school, broke. The two Macbooks I bought used just like almost blew up on me. PCs, no matter what, they decide to die as well.
Oct 29 2009 1:02AM
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123ski
Posts: 7374 - Karma: 1,415
never did...just saying.

I know that you use your's for editing which is totally fine because there are easier to get video codecs and it USED to be easier to run more than 4GB of RAM on any Mac...

I would probably never consider buying a mac for any other reason though. But now that Windows has a more stable 64bit operating system, many of which have quad core i7  processors (that is 4 THREADED processors) and 12GB RAM...for LESS than most MAC's sell for... I will stay with PC
Oct 29 2009 1:15AM
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user098123
Posts: 6072 - Karma: 18
Maybe you just don't know how to use a computer...  It is nearly impossible to make a computer completely die on you unless it is hardware related.  As long as the hardware is fine, you can always fix it.
Oct 29 2009 1:28AM
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