I have an Apple Powerbook 520C laptop a neighbor gave me. He's looking to upgrade the memory on this thing and he wasn't too sure how to do it. I have very little experience with Macintosh and Apple products and I'm not sure how I would go about doing it myself. I'm not sure, but I think he wants to run games on this thing. It didn't come with anything but a power cord, a CAT5 cable, and a carrying case. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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need help with powerbook 520c
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jimbopalmer
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First, I do not reccomend you actually buy this but 32 meg is $156 at
This has GOT to make a more modern Laptop look attractive although ebay has it at $36
say the maximum RAM for a 520c is 36 meg of RAM so you may not be able to add more if you are at 36 meg already I love everyone til they prove otherwise, sadly some prove otherwise SO quickly
This has GOT to make a more modern Laptop look attractive although ebay has it at $36
say the maximum RAM for a 520c is 36 meg of RAM so you may not be able to add more if you are at 36 meg already I love everyone til they prove otherwise, sadly some prove otherwise SO quickly
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Ecaboodle
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Yes Microsoft does have a version of windows for the Mac. However with a machine with very little ram for these days it would not be a good idea to buy. It would still have to run on top of the Mac OS.
So I afraid that with a machine like this you maybe only able to use it for the basics.
If you can't fix it in 20 call someone who can.
So I afraid that with a machine like this you maybe only able to use it for the basics.
If you can't fix it in 20 call someone who can.
macgeneral
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Actually owned one of these as the first laptop I ever bought some ten years back I beleive.
A good machine but limited for sure.
The RAM upgrade on these is quite a bit more hairy then on the newer PowerBooks and iBooks (Thank God).
The gaming potential on the 520c is not very broad.
Good word processing, not awful for occasionally internet connectivity, but an aging machine.
If you're attached to the RAm upgrade I'd have it done by an Apple Certified tech.
Connectix makes a product called Virtual PC but I wouldn't dare run this app on the 520c unless you've got years to waste for startup.
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A good machine but limited for sure.
The RAM upgrade on these is quite a bit more hairy then on the newer PowerBooks and iBooks (Thank God).
The gaming potential on the 520c is not very broad.
Good word processing, not awful for occasionally internet connectivity, but an aging machine.
If you're attached to the RAm upgrade I'd have it done by an Apple Certified tech.
Connectix makes a product called Virtual PC but I wouldn't dare run this app on the 520c unless you've got years to waste for startup.
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Mac 520c can be upped to a G3, from what I hear. Still, starting out with a laptop which is already designed to be a G3 is a bit different from upgrading a laptop to a G3: battery life decreases a bit from what I've read.
Also, rare memory expansion (pseudo static ram, says Apple), 68LC040 processor (no FP math), takes expensive M1906 "Intelligent Batteries", very very little software being written today for the 68k mac.... I'd say leave it as is, hand it to a kid who thinks compact Macs are the king of the world, and for the money you'd spend on upgrading this 520c, go get a newer laptop. Its nice, but just over the edge beyond feasable, IMO.
Also, rare memory expansion (pseudo static ram, says Apple), 68LC040 processor (no FP math), takes expensive M1906 "Intelligent Batteries", very very little software being written today for the 68k mac.... I'd say leave it as is, hand it to a kid who thinks compact Macs are the king of the world, and for the money you'd spend on upgrading this 520c, go get a newer laptop. Its nice, but just over the edge beyond feasable, IMO.
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