On Saturday, November 20, 2004, at 03:41 AM, David Eckard wrote:
I just purchased a used iMac (Summer 2000 Indigo) ... I've used Windows my
entire life, but needed a change and thought it would be a cheap way to try
Mac. So far I absolutely love it.
In any event, I'm currently using OS 9.0.4, but am thinking about upgrading
to OS X to be able to use the newest version of AOL - and so that I can
access my gmail (Google mail) account as the best version of IE for OS 9
doesn't seem to support the Active X controls gmail requires.
I have the same iMac as you. Isn't it great!
Gmail doesn't use Active X controls. In fact you may be able to use Netscape 7, or the last Mozilla release for OS 9.
I used to use AOL for OS X. It was OK.
As far as going to OS X, you can get it cheaper, if you don't mind not having a fancy box, at www.macsales.com (Other World Computing). They are great, I got OS 9 and OS X 10.1 from them about 6 months ago, for about 50 bucks. I resently got the Jaguar upgrade from them for , I think 65.00 dollars. Check 'em out.
Make sure you got tons of RAM, if you want OS X. I had to go up to 640 MB before things started to seem like they were running smoothly. BTW, I also got the RAM from OWC. :)
Mark Griffin
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