I'm very familiar with OpenOffice, but it's not compatible with 10.1. I had no idea what version, exactly, of iMac I had b/c I bought it second hand from a guy who got it from his father in law and put it away in a box. I don't think it has a DVD drive, so there's a limit to the upgrades I can do. also, there's a financial limit to how much I can spend ($0). I was thinking of trying a dual boot, just to see if I could get some more modern functionality (openoffice) out of linux. This is basically a backup computer I got cheap and want to get the most out of. I know little about it, but I am having fun learning.
On Apr 20, 4:34 pm, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/19/10 8:38 AM, joshuallen wrote: > > > I just acquired an old iMac G3 (Tangerine!) from a guy. He gave me the > > original install/restore disks + backups (OS 8.something), OS 9 full > > version, and an OS 10.1 upgrade version + backups of all. It booted up > > to a login screen when I first turned it on and so I tried an full > > install of 10.1, including reformatting the hard drive. It seemed to > > work. Later I read that it's preferable to partition the hard drive, > > for OSX, but I can't seem to get that to work. Also, I'd like to use > > the machine for writing. If possible, I'd like something with a few > > more features than TextEdit, such as page/word count, that would > > easily transfer over to a PC, but that might be wishful thinking. I'm > > new to Mac. > > > If anyone can give me some advice on software and let me know if > > partitioning is a requirement (and how I'd do it), I would appreciate > > any help. > > Do "they" say why you should partition. Because for me the only reason > I've found to partition is for multiple OSes (OS X, Linux,...). I put X > and 9 and the same partition. > > Make sure you upgrade the OS to at LEAST 10.3 (Panther) if not 10.4 > (Tiger). They are faster and more stable than previous versions and > support more modern software. > > For a supercharged text editor look at TextWrangler. > (seehttp://www.versiontracker.com). > > For word processing look at Open Office. It's a free software suite > roughly comparable (and roughly compatible) with M$ Office or AppleWorks. > > I don't have a link for Open Office, it hasn't been officially released > (last I heard) in English for Tiger (but Bulgarian is). I think it was > Bruce Johnson who had a link for it but I couldn't find it just now. > > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" > > -- > 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 athttp://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtmland our netiquette > guide is athttp://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 athttp://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
