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> From: iJohn <[email protected]>
> I was wondering if anything other than performance might go wrong if I
> moved her eMac to Leopard? Technically it doesn't meet the minimum
> requirement of 867MHz, but it's not very far off. So if the only
> concern is how well it might perform it seems like it's worth trying
> it to find out.
>
> I believe she's still running 10.3.9, Panther. I think she might be
> using Internet Explorer as her web browser over a dial up connection.
> (I'd love to move her to something faster than dial-up, but she can't
> really afford anything much beyond the $10/mo she's paying now for
> NetZero.)
>
> The main reason I expect to be messing with this eMac in a rather
> major way some day is because when I attempted to back up her drive
> last night with CCC, it was (1) unexpectedly slow and, more seriously,
> (2) there were drive read errors in the CCC log. So far the files the
> read errors occur on are nothing important. But I'm thinking the 8
> year old Seagate ST340015A 40GB drive in this eMac is due to die.
> Probably sooner rather than later.
>
> Oh, almost forgot. I'm not sure if it is still using the original PRAM
> (?) battery or not. If so, that might also be on its last legs. If
> some day ... sure as heck not going to be THIS month, but if some day
> after I file my taxes I ever go inside the eMac to swap the hard
> drive, it probably would be prudent to replace the PRAM at the same
> time. Where do you folks go to buy those? About how much does a
> replacement battery usually cost?
>
Why not just upgrade to Tiger and use Safari or Firefox for a browser? It
should
be faster on the eMac than Leopard.
Does she have cable for TV? Some cable providers are providing internet access
for $25 or less and some provide unlimited phone service for a few dollars
more.
So, check the combined cost of phone, TV and the $10 dial-up costs. It my be
close to the current costs??
Check the HD for errors/repair with Disk Utility. If the replacement is needed
-- good time to replace the PRAM battery if the voltage is low. --glen
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