Sorry--it's not a slot loader as I originally posted; it is a tray-loader. It has a 7GB hard drive and 256MB RAM. I'm not going to invest any money into it to upgrade to a larger drive or add RAM.
While I appreciate the pointers on how to upgrade, I'm not asking for advice on whether I should upgrade or not. I know what I am doing here--my two main machines are a highly-upgraded Gigabit Ethernet G4 dual booting Tiger & Leopard and & a first generation iMac G5 ALS running Leopard. So, I do know how to max out machines to prolong their usefulness. But that's not what I'm looking to do with this particular iMac G3. This is an old machine which will not be on my home network, will not have an internet connection, and will not receive any more hardware upgrades. It is essentially going to be a typing station for my lower-level elementary school kids. I want to put NeoOffice on it so they can learn how to create presentations, too. I do have AppleWorks 6.2.9 on it; I just want NeoOffice on it so I they can sneaker-net their work to school or my office computer for printing. Thanks, mws On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 1:57:57 PM UTC-5, Kris Tilford wrote: > > On Jun 5, 2013, at 11:50 AM, Matthew Schmeer wrote: > > > NeoOffice 2.2.5 was the last version of NeoOffice to run under Panther > (Mac OS X 10.3.9). > > You should certainly upgrade to 10.4.11 and run a newer version of > NeoOffice. AFAIK there are ZERO Macs that stop at 10.3.9, the few that do, > such as the non-Firewire iMacs, iBooks, and Lombard are completely > artificial, a business decision made by Apple of "planned obsolescence" > that has nothing to do with the hardware. You can either modify the > OSInstall.dist file to remove the installer check; or install 10.4 using a > supported computer (transfer an installed HD); or install 10.4 using > Pacifist as installer; or install 10.4 using a network connection to HD > mounted on supported Mac; or install 10.4 using XPostFacto (no need to > install XPF, just use it to by-pass the installer check); or cloning a > System or Installer disc (to modify OSInstall.dist easily on writeable > partition); or burn a custom installer disc. So many, many options to > install 10.4.11. > > The slot-loading iMacs run 10.4.11 fine, although it would be best to max > out the RAM and install the optional 4MB VRAM chip. > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
