[geeks] ibook g3 to ibook g4

[velociraptor]

On 1/8/06, Jonathan C. Patschke <jp at celestrion.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Jan 2006, Dan Duncan wrote:

> The specifications sheets at Apple's web site say no.  The G4 uses DDR
> memory, while the G3 uses PC100 SDRAM.

Your best bet would be to offer up the Blueberry on the LEM Swap list
(that fat RAM expansion will pump the price a bit).  Getting 512MB for
the iBook should not cost you too much if you hit DealRAM.com for
a good price.

> > What's the best way to move her emails, address book, etc, across?
>
> Create a new account on the G4 with the same uid as on the G3, connect
> the two systems via crossover cable, log in as an administrator (not the
> same account--you do create separate admin accounts, right?) on the G4,
> mount her home directory across the network, and copy the entire
> contents of it (preferably from the command-line, using ditto) to her
> new home directory.  Then chown everything back into place.  If you
> -just- want preferences and address books and such, just copy the
> Library directory, rather than her whole home directory.

Does the Blueberry have firewire?  If so, you could boot it in target mode
and connect it to the new iBook that way--the BB's HD will simply show
up on the iBook's desktop as any external drive would.

=Nadine=