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Upgrading an iBook G4 is cheaper at the Apple Store

macbidouilleMacBidouille (and its English counterpart Hardmac.com) posted a step-by-step tutorial for upgrading an iBook G4 (supposedly on the cheap) to rival the hardware specs of a PowerBook. They upgrade the following:

  • Combo drive to SuperDrive
  • 30GB HDD to 80GB HDD
  • Added internal bluetooth
  • 256MB RAM to 1.25GB RAM
Fortunately internal bluetooth and 512MB RAM are both standard with the baseline iBook. Taking their figures from the article, they payed a total of 1598 Euros for their upgraded 12" iBook. Currently on the French Apple Store one can purchase a 12" iBook with all the same specs, minus the SuperDrive for 1269 Euros. Taking into consideration a SuperDrive may be up to 200 Euros, that takes us to the grand total of 1469 Euros.

Therefore, MacBidouille, we love your How-To, but it would be cheaper to just upgrade the SuperDrive and leave the rest to an official Apple tech.
 
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