On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 14:28:21 UTC-4, ValterV wrote: > > 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). > > When I bring up the window "About This Computer" the following information > is provided >
Mac OS 9.1 Mac OS ROM 7.5.1 Built in Memory 128 MB Virtual Memory 129 MB Apple Computer 1983-2001 So it appears to have 128 meg of system RAM. I think the CPU is either 500 or 600 MHz from the Apple information that I can find online. Thank you for the useful information, and the web browsing possibilities. We may get an acceptable result for the lady. Cheers, Mark -- -- 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.
