Why not just upgrade your operating system to Tiger Mac OS X 10.4. I have a four year old iMac 800 MHz PowerPC G4 (1GB SDRAM) and recently upgraded from 10.2 to 10.4. Also bought and installed iWork '06 (but I still use AppleWorks mostly) and iLife '06. Your iMac sounds newer that mine and while I would like to buy a new computer I don't need to.
Anne NPfield at aol.com wrote: > Thanks to all who responded: Rick, Russ, Anne, Jerry, Cathy, Brian, > perhaps others. I'm taking a hard look at the Dual Core Intel 17" > iMac, suggested by Russ (and, laterally, Rick). MacMall does seem to > have good price and some "free" goodies. (No free lunch, etc.) > > Russ asks what my present Mac isn't doing for me that I need. > Actually, nothing. But I keep encountering new apps and stuff I can't > use because my OS (10.2.8) is so old. Also my iPhoto and iMovie apps > are old versions. I've never installed any upgrades because, frankly, > the thought of trying to do it scares the you-know-what out of me -- > and the experiences of many in the Group bear out my misgivings. > Also, never seem to have time for it. Mebbe I need a tutorial on this > from the Group :>) But I view my Mac as I do my car -- I just want > my car to get me from one place to another, and I don't want to spend > time looking under the hood. And my past experience with computers > indicates that it's a good idea to buy a new one (when I can afford > it) every three or four years, if only to keep up with the > technology. Even at that, I'm still way behind -- present Mac has > bells and whistles I still don't know how to use. > > Cathy says AW 6.2.9 runs on her OS 10.3.9 (is that Panther? I can't > keep up with these cats; I think my OS is a Tabby). Well, AW 6.2.9 > came with my Mac, but it required reformating a lot of old files and > presented other problems. I soon discarded it and went back to AW > 6.0.4 -- it has macros and feels familiar. Newer ain't always better. > > Final Q: is Pages available by itself, or only in iWork? > > Thanks again for your help, everyone. MacGroup rules. > > Nolan > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
