Well, if you want to use the latest and greatest OS then go and get OS 10, but keep in mind the 8 GB partition issue if the iMac is subject to the same rules that my beige G3 is. OS 10 will run so slow on a 233 Mhz processor especially if it is a G3. I upgraded my processor from a G3 266 to a G3 400 and OS 10 still ran a little on the sluggish side. I have done every upgrade to this machiene from memory, 30 GB HDD, ATA133 controller from sonnett, processor, and max vram, but OS 10 is still slow and is still insistant on that 8 GB partition issue as well. I finally got tired of it, zapped the pram, and performed a clean install of OS 9. Make your own decision on this, I am just giving you a taste of the pain in the ass that OS 10 gave me with my beige G3.
I agree that 10 was made for newer machines. I have a 12" PB that runs a little slow (IMHO) on 10.2.6. I had 10 in my beige G3 300 Mhz for awhile until I just couldn't stand it anymore and reinstalled 9.2. Now that machine smokes my PB!! It's superfast. This leads to my next question which is:
Can I throw the 128 MB DIMM I took out from my PB (and replaced with a 512) into the imac? Is this DIMM backwards compatible?
Sativa
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