Hi, This iMac is going to struggle if you install OS X 10.4 and then upgrade it to 10.4.11. It is not the upgrade that is the issue it is the G3 400MHz processor. This Mac would run very well with OS 9.2 for home work and educational games.
If you choose to go with OS X 10.4, You need more RAM than 192MB. I suggest 512MB at a minimum for OS X 10.4. Best Wishes, Bob On Aug 17, 2010, at 4:46 PM, Stanton Mitrany wrote: > Hi, I'm hoping to prepare this machine for some of my grandchildren to use > for homework and educational games. > > I'm trying to figure the easiest way to update Apple's software on this > machine, which has 192 MB of RAM on a 400MHz CPU. I only have a wireless > signal at my location, and not a way to connect this machine to the internet > via a dial-up telephone-line-based internet connection or account using the > iMac's internal 56KB/s modem. > > One way might be to hook up my MacBook late 2009 2.26MHz to the iMac via an > Ethernet cable, and use the MacBook to connect the iMac to the internet. I > don't know if this is a workable approach, and I don't know how to do it. > > Or, if I knew what updaters I need for OS 10.4.11, Safari, Mail, iTunes, I > would be able to download them to my MacBook, and then copy them to a USB > Flash Drive to transfer them to the iMac. Once on the iMac's hard drive I'd > then be able to run them. > > Of course, I don't know whether a combined updater would be feasible for this > task, or individual updaters. I also don't know what order I'd have to follow > to install them each properly. > > -- > 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
