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roycereece
06-02-2008, 09:56 PM
Ok, so recently I got an older G3 Powerbook (Lombard) for like, really cheap. 400MHz, 256MB, 20gig. No optical drive in it tho. Has OSX 10.0.3 on it. Great, except for one problem: there's literally nothing that is supported by that OS. So, I wanna upgrade to 10.3.9 (not so bad.) I have a DVD drive ready to go, but...I don't have a caddy, so it wont work. (Just the drive itself with bare shiny metal.) So I was wondering: do any of you guys have one of these laptops laying around, and want to help a brother out with a caddy? I can't even find these things on eBay. And I want to get this 'book going. Even if you know someplace on the internet to get one, maybe give me a shove in that direction? :)

Thanks a lot.
Rocketmac
06-09-2008, 11:51 AM
Ok, so recently I got an older G3 Powerbook (Lombard) for like, really cheap. 400MHz, 256MB, 20gig. No optical drive in it tho. Has OSX 10.0.3 on it. Great, except for one problem: there's literally nothing that is supported by that OS. So, I wanna upgrade to 10.3.9 (not so bad.) I have a DVD drive ready to go, but...I don't have a caddy, so it wont work. (Just the drive itself with bare shiny metal.) So I was wondering: do any of you guys have one of these laptops laying around, and want to help a brother out with a caddy? I can't even find these things on eBay. And I want to get this 'book going. Even if you know someplace on the internet to get one, maybe give me a shove in that direction? :)

Thanks a lot.

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