I used to have an old iMac DV 400 and missed OS 9 when I went to 10.x. I would suggest staying with 9.2 unless there are specific things that will only run on OS X. That being said, very few things run on 9 anymore, but LOTS of kids proggies, esp older ones, run like a champ on OS 9.x It was nice to have OS 10.x, but I went back to 9 whenever I could for the added speed and snappier response in the older machine.
On Aug 26, 2:53 pm, Cyrus Griffin <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. 10.4 runs surprisingly well on older Macs, but I would suggest 10.2 > if you want to run OSX. That was Apple's first really stable X. It > really all depends on what you want to do on it. If you want to have > the features of later OSX's, then you might go with that. If you still > just want to run all the games that came with it, I would say that > 9.2.2 is the best classic OS, since it was the latest version. > 2. Yes, you can just copy them over. Unlike Windows, Mac Apps are > completely independent of the OS. (For the most part, there are > exceptions, and there might be some plugins that you'd need to copy, > too.) > 3. I'm not sure about that, I believe you only have to install OSX on > the first 8Gb of the HD on the old beige G3's, and the Bondi. Perhaps > someone else would know for sure. > 4. That's a problem... You could get a DVD drive for it, but it would > probably be a slot-loading. That's how I got OSX onto my Bondi, but I > just put back the tray-loader after I installed it. They did release > 10.4 on CD's, you might be able to find them on eBay. If you decide to > go with 10.2, that was only released on CD, so you're good to go. > > -Elliott > > On Aug 25, 2009, at 5:01 PM, SLiCk wrote: > > > > > > > Hi fellow mac enthusiasts! > > > I recently purchesed a tangerine iMac G3 233mhz at a garage sale for > > $10. Seemed like a good deal even though there was no peripherals or > > CD's. The machine boots perfect and it's loaded with lots of kids > > programs and runs pretty fast considering. I just added 256MB RAM > > PC100 (2X128) that I got from eBay for $10. The OS is 8.6. I have a > > 40GB IDE drive I'm going to install a into the machine also. That's > > all the hardware upgrades I intend to perform. $20 investment so far > > for a good running mac is pretty cheap, lol. So...a few questions if > > anyone can help... > > > 1 - What is the best OS I should upgrade to and still keep the machine > > running good? I've heard the OSX might slow it down alot. I have no > > upgraded software (yet) btw. > > 2 - Can I keep the games that are currently installed on the hard > > drive and xfer them to the new drive? > > 3 - I read that I need to partition the new drive to 7GB to run OSX on > > the primary partition. Can I do that when I install the new OS? > > 4 - The machine only has a CD drive (tray loading). I'm guessing OSX > > comes on a DVD? If so, how can I see the drive to install the new OS? > > > Thnx ya'all > > Steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imaclist -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
