On Oct 1, 10:18 am, Tom <tba...@nmia.com> wrote: > My mother-in-law, an elderly and stubborn lady (though nice) refuses > to give up her old 1 GHz iMac (the half-soccer-ball novelty with the > little monitor-on-a-stem sticking out of it) even though it dates from > the Jurassic Period of computing and we all keep telling her she'd be > better off with a new or at least newer iMac. She's had this Mac since > she bought it new. The reason she wants to keep the old thing, says > the sweet old thing, is that she has equally antique applications that > she cannot bear to part with, and that can only run in OS 9 (such as > an old genealogy program, an early word processor, solitaire games, > etc.), and none of the newer iMacs can run Classic. She has simply got > to run Classic, as well as OS-X for e-mail and surfing the web with > Safari. ---snip--- > In short, what would be the best way to install both 10.4.11 and > Classic 9.2.2 on this old G4 iMac?
I am still using this "dinosaur" as my main desktop! This iMac is dual boot --- can boot up in OS 9 as well as 10. I have Tiger installed on mine. As I recall, I installed Tiger first, then booted up with OS 9 disk and installed it. In The Start Up Preferences, you can choose which OS to use. I want to buy a new iMac, too, but don't want to lose the use of some of my favorite Classic apps! So I would have to keep the "dinosau", too. Somehow my husband thinks that having 2 Mac desktops, a Powerbook (his) and MacBook (mine) are too many computers! Jane PS These iMacs are called Flat Screen iMac. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
