Well, there's actually quite a bit you can do, and it's really not
that difficult.
First off, if you want to run OS X on it, you'll want to upgrade the
memory to 128 or above, the limit depends on the model, and if it's a
Rev.A or Rev.B. The HD is easily upgraded with any IDE HD you could
get that's over 4Gb. It's also possible to put a DVD drive in it, but
there's no hardware to support DVD playback in OS9 or OSX so it's not
worth that much.
You can also upgrade the V-Ram up to 6Mb.
I believe there are probably processor upgrades, but I doubt any
accelerators are still made for the Bondi iMacs, since they are over
10yrs old, and not used at all nowadays. Perhaps others would know
more about this, I didn't try to find any processor upgrades for mine;
it ran 10.4.11 pretty well even with the 233Mhz G3.
As for taking it apart, it's not too hard. I think it's easier then
the flavored ones, because of it's modular design. I could go into
more detail, but it would be easier just to google instructions on how
to do that. If you know your way around computers, it shouldn't be too
hard. There's a tray that has all the components, the motherboard,
processor, HD and CD trays.
It'll run 10.4.11 with Xpost facto, if you'd like. I got mine to dual
boot OS9 and OSX reliably, and your drive doesn't even have to be
partitioned, although it does make things easier.
If you have any more questions let us know. If you'd like disassembly
instructions, I'll gladly type it all out for you. Good luck.
-Elliott
On Jul 27, 2009, at 5:46 PM, Jasiu wrote:
>
> My father recently gave me a G3 Bondi Blue Imac 233 Mhz Processor with
> 96 MB memory. What can I do to upgrade this machine? How difficult
> is it to do? Do they still make accelerators for this? Thanks
>
> >
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