On my previous Bondi-blue IMac 233, rev B - I thought 8.6 was the best operating system, I "upgraded" to 9 a couple of times, and ended up going back to 8.6. I did have a lot of RAM, I think I added 128 to the existing RAM, if I remember right.
Dennis, San Diego On Monday, April 19, 2010, at 08:38AM, "joshuallen" <[email protected]> wrote: >I just acquired an old iMac G3 (Tangerine!) from a guy. He gave me the >original install/restore disks + backups (OS 8.something), OS 9 full >version, and an OS 10.1 upgrade version + backups of all. It booted up >to a login screen when I first turned it on and so I tried an full >install of 10.1, including reformatting the hard drive. It seemed to >work. Later I read that it's preferable to partition the hard drive, >for OSX, but I can't seem to get that to work. Also, I'd like to use >the machine for writing. If possible, I'd like something with a few >more features than TextEdit, such as page/word count, that would >easily transfer over to a PC, but that might be wishful thinking. I'm >new to Mac. > >If anyone can give me some advice on software and let me know if >partitioning is a requirement (and how I'd do it), I would appreciate >any help. > >-- >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
