Thanks to all for the advice! He is not using OS 9 at all, just OSX 10.4.11 so all should go smoothly then as I had hoped for! Tom
Em quinta-feira, 13 de setembro de 2012 09h14min34s UTC-7, Valter Viglietti escreveu: > > Il giorno 13-09-2012 17:45, spilrules ha scritto: > > > I am currently living outside of the US and had set up my Father with a > G4 > > Tower 500mhz dual processor > > > I also found a 1.25ghz Dual Processor G4 MDD machine for a bit more > money > > and was thinking that this would be a much faster machine for him. > It would be way faster, but very likely it will be louder as well (MDDs > are > known for being the loudest PowerMacs, I think) - unless the original fans > have been upgraded. > > > If we just swap out his HD from the now dead > > 500mhz DP (running OS 10.4.11), will it work ok in this 1.25ghz DP model > > without having to do anything else? > AFAIK, it should work run just fine. > I moved my OSX installation several times, from G3 to G4, and even from G4 > to G5, and I had a little trouble just with some peripherals (I had to > reinstall drivers). > Going from G4 to G4 should be as smooth as silk. > > If your dad were using OS9, though, there could be issues: OS9 (and > previous) installs machine-specific components (while OSX installs > everything it might need). > > -- 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
