Gaming on Powerbook G4

I'm back.....

So I'm done all of my work, so I had some down time. My iMac was occupied, so why not play some fun and games on my brand new Powerbook G4? I already have Cod 1 & 2 installed as well as Age of Empires 3 and Battlefield 1942, and some other small games. Cod 1 ran beautifully on my Powerbook, but Cod 2 was rather a disappointment, lowest possible settings only managed inconsistent 10-30 fps.

The next games I took a look at was Age of Empires. Runs beautifully on slightly higher than lowest possible settings, I had an absolute blast! I had a consistent 40-60 fps.

Another popular game was Battlefield 1942, it is my all time favorite FPS game. It ran horribly on my iBook G4, so I gave it a try on the Powerbook. The normal edition seems to be horrendously coded for PowerPC Macs, but the Expansion Pack, Road to Rome worked very well on my Powerbook G4.

I will experiment more with gaming during the summer when I have more time...

See you guys next time!

Ressurected

Sorry fellow readers

I have been absent for a while. UNTIL NOW!!!!!

I just got my Powerbook G4, it's such a marvel of a machine. 1.67 GHZ PowerPC G4 CPU with 1Gig of Ram. It's fast as some G5s! The keyboard is amazing especially with the backlight. The speakers are as loud as it gets on laptops and the design is fantastic! 

I don't have much time left, but I will be posting many more posts! See you in a while PowerPC Users!

Computer Security

I've been playing around with my router lately. I was trying to put a password on mine because it was "unprotected". My neighbors probably do not know which router is their's so... our bandwith has been really bad. I put a WPA2 encryption on my router, and everything seems fine now.

Putting a password on your router will also help you get protected from viruses as well. The passcode is kinda a big WALL protecting you from viruses.

I won't be posting much these days... Homework -_-

gaming powerpc laptops

I haven't really tried out the games I got for my ibook after installing Leopard on it. The test came this weekend. It was actually thanksgiving this weekend (Canada) and there was a party at my friend's house. But my friends had to leave for something, and that made me lonely. Then came my iBook. I had the choice between BF1942, COD1, Age of empires 2, Minecraft, some light arcade games such as pac-mac and chopper. I decided to start out with COD. It ran beautifully even at medium settings! I had a blast playing it and eventually completed a whole campaign. I bet you if you had a powerbook with a better graphics card, you could run COD no problem at high settings.

After I got bored of COD, I started to play BF1942. Although it was a very nice game, It lagged when I put 200% bots or when I increased the settings. A powerbook would do the trick. But I still had a LOT of fun playing it.

After that it was about 11PM, I decided to play minecraft! Usually I would play on my home server, but I was at my friend's house so that was not possible. Singleplayer with optifine (lowest settings) I would get about 15fps. Decent enough for this computer. Usually I would get 40 fps when I play it on my home server.

At 12, I watched a movie on putlocker. Although it was a bit laggy, it was still "watchable".

Thats about it folks, catch ya next time

Old PC

I own a very very old PC. The monitor for the ancient thing broke. So now its connected to the TV. It is actually very useful and helpful.

1. Get a good browser. Old PC's such as mine has low specs. 512mbs of RAM, 3.33 GHz Celestron Processor...  A good browser for painfully slow PC's is Pale Moon. It is such a wonderful little piece of software. It has the looks of Firefox, but has a lot of unused features cut. This browser is amazing!! Firefox only let me watch 360P videos, with Pale Moon, I can watch 720P video at 20fps!!!

2. Keep it clean and fast. Delete unwanted files and uninstall unused programs regularly. Once your PC gets too slow, you will feel very mad...

3. Backup movies. If you backup tons of movies, you can enjoy them without having to look at small screens!

4. You can even get some old games! I have Battlefield 1942 on mine! I had a blast playing it this weekend. It looks so cool on the large screen! Try not to get viruses though...

Thats about it folks! I'm very busy with school.

Really sorry

I am very exhausted from all of this school work... But today, I will give you a special post.

You must know right now that I do not like Intel very much... But Intel is definitely the way to go. But I have a suggestion for Apple. I was wondering if Apple can produce a G6 chip. It will be built cheap and designed for the poor. That way Apple can expand its market to the poor as well. It could use the G5(?) architecture so that there are plenty of apps which support it!

I  am very tired, but think about it! It is very possible!

Sick

I've been pretty sick the past few days :(
I would like to note that I was missing school :)
But I'm barely able to do something until now.
Now I will like to start a debate.
Apple in 2005 v.s Apple now.
It's certain that the computers back in 2005 were no match against the ones today. But here's the thing. Is everyone crazy about the Macbook or whatever? Not really. But back in 2005, it was those people who actually appreciated technology that bought Macs. Back then, everyone was so shocked when Apple released something new. But now, its just like, seen that, go on... One could say that Steve Jobs was leading the company in 2005 but now its Tim Cook(?). I would completely agree with you... In 2005, Apple was not even close to the size of Microsoft, but Apple had pride. Honestly, Apple was at it's hight after it released the iPhone. Thats when the cash start pouring in.

Howdy folks, I'm really not feeling very well, I'll catch ya'll later.