part of the issue can be what you're willing to spend. for me, I have a g3 400mhz slot loading imac. I put in $40 (OWC/macsales) for ram to bring it to 1G - as documented in several wikis, Apple says this is not supported but sure enough, that RAM will show up under About this Mac.
With that amount of ram, you can get your system up to Tiger which immensely widens your options for making the machine useable. For the networking, I use this adapter: http://www.meritline.com/edimax-ew7811un-wireless-ieee802point11bgn-adaptor---p-64568.aspx It is often on special if you wait. I picked it up for $8 with free shipping. The Tiger installer is available for download - note: the adapter comes with *only* a windows install. You have to get the installer yourself: http://www.edimax.com/en/support_detail.php?pd_id=347&pl1_id=24&pl2_id=84 so for less than $50, you can *probably* make your machine way more functional - at least, that's what I did. On lowendmac, they had a memory vendor that supposedly offered a gig of ram for ~$30. You have to be a little careful because I've read about certain types of ram that will not work in the imac. verify your model with the vendor. Possibly this is way more than you're interested in doing, however, replacing the ethernet card or doing an actual repair could be at least as expensive and you wouldn't get any of the benefits (tiger, wireless, more ram) hope that helps K -- 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
