When I had my beloved original Apple Imac bondi-blue, I found 8.6 was better for me than the 9 - I had maxed it out on RAM, and found it played many games that it was not supposed too.
Dennis On Sunday, November 22, 2009, at 08:34AM, "Bill Chapman" <[email protected]> wrote: >Anyone know how to install OS 8.6 (yeah, I know) on a G3 iMac slot load >350MHz? > > > >Robert Esposito wrote: >> You do not need XPostFacto. You need the correct Firmware upgrade and then a >> clean install. I have successfully done tis to iMac G3 400MHz and Panther >> plus iMac G4 600MHz and Tiger. I don't like Tiger on a G3 iMac. It works but >> slower than I would like. Panther seems faster for the G3 iMac but you give >> up many Tiger upgrades for the improved performance that Panther gives on >> the G3. >> >> On Nov 22, 2009, at 8:23 AM, Art wrote: >> >> >>> On Nov 22, 2009, at 12:29 AM, Bill Chapman wrote: >>> >>>> I've installed Panther 10.3.9 on my slot-loading G3 iMac and my G3 >>>> iBook, without XPostFacto4... but I think you need that to install >>>> Tiger >>>> >>> Don't think so -- I've had Tiger on my iMac DV SE400 "forever" but >>> never even heard of XPostFacto prior to this thread. >>> >>> -- >>> 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] >>> To leave this group, send email to [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist >>> >> >> > >-- >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] >To leave this group, send email to [email protected] >For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > -- 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] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
