On Nov 7, 2008, at 7:11 PM, Franklin wrote:
> > Currently I run 10.3.9 on a 15"iMac700/640ram. The machine is > primarily used for email and internet browsing and some games of the > era. > Safari 1.3.2 that comes with 10.3 will no longer render some pages > properly (eg Google maps, Hotmail, some eBay, some banking sites) > > I have a commercial OSX 10.5 DVD > I have a OSX 10.5 "For Mac computers" that came with an Intel iMac > I have a OSX 10.4.10 "iMac" (suspect that this is for an intel imac > rather than a G4) > I have a OSX 10.4 "G5" > I have a OSX 10.4 "Macbook Pro" > > 3 questions.... > 1. Am I wasting my time trying to instal and then run 10.5 on a > 700MHz > iMac with 640 MB ram? Yep. OS X 10.5 Leopard will not run on a G3. > > 2. The iMac doesn't have a DVD drive. I guess that firewire target > mode from another Mac would be the way to instal. Does that work? Yep. It works fine, assuming you have an OS 10.4 DVD compatible with your iMac G3. > > 3. I presume that the 10.4 DVDs above are possibly machine specific > and may be unsuitable? Except perhaps the G5 one? All the 10.5 DVDs are incompatible with your G3 iMac. The 10.4 DVDs may or may not work; go the firewire installation route and find out. At the worst, you'll have to buy a retail version of 10.4, which will install on any compatible Mac. Or you also could search out a relatively rare set of 10.4 CDs. But firewire target disk mode is your best bet. -- Jim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
