Il giorno 08/04/15 16.33, "Mark My Word" ha scritto: > My understanding is that to enable > this machine to run Safari, Mozilla, or a newer IE, it would need to move > up to a version of OS10, rather than the OS9.1 that is installed. Yes and no.
In Mac OS (I mean 9 or previous), you can still use an updated browser, Classila: http://www.floodgap.com/software/classilla/ It's not totally equivalent to modern browsers, but it could still be good enough for your friend. > could this machine be updated with a version of OS10? To answer precisely, we'd need to know the processor speed and installed Ram quantity. In theory she could install OS X, but - depending on CPU and Ram - the performances could be not acceptable. (on old Macs, OS9 can run circles around OS X as a matter of speed) Besides, most modern browsers would not likely be compatible with the old OS X version that iMac can run. >From the same source as Classilla, the TenFourFox browser would likely can: http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/ Lastly, IMHO 10.3 was the first really useful OSX version. 10.4 was even better (and usually the last version you want to run on an old Mac), and I didn't bother with 10.5 (slower and not much better than 10.4). -- -- 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 subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
