[TUHS] free PowerBook G4

James Frew via TUHS tuhs at tuhs.org
Mon Oct 27 01:43:40 AEST 2025


Clearing out my garage I came across a Mac PowerBook G4 15" 
<https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g4/specs/powerbook_g4_1.67_15.html> 
that I bought new in 2005 (!). It's been sitting in my garage (boxed) 
for at least a decade. Physically, it's in really good shape, no dings, 
no screen rot. I powered it up, did a clean install of OS X 10.5 
(Leopard), and it seems to work just fine. (It also booted and ran a 
Ubuntu 12.04 (!) Desktop live disc.)

If you'd like your very own twenty-year-old UNIXoid system, lemme know. 
I'm happy to give it away as long as you either come fetch it in Santa 
Barbara, or prepay the shipping (~10 lbs) to somewhere in the US. 
Includes 2 power bricks, DVDs for OS X and Ubuntu, and a couple of 
CardBus (remember those?) adapters (SD card and extra USB ports). Full 
specs (System Profile output) on request.

Cheers,
/Frew


More information about the TUHS mailing list