Dan recently said: > Hi all, > > I just bought a 5500 at a school auction. I'm looking at getting OS 8.0 for > it, but the version I'm looking at was apparently originally bundled with a > Power Macintosh G3. I heard that this should work on older PowerMacs, like > my 5500, but I don't know for sure. Anyone with any more info? > Hi Dan Well I don�t know if your G3 Mac OS8 installer will install or not but I do know that there were probs with 8.0 and strongly recommend going straight up to 8.1. Particularly for The HD driver. I got mine new in 98 with Mac OS8 and it came with Drive setup 1.3.1 on a separate CD with warnings to update the drive after any install. If you go to 8.1 that would update the driver anyway. 8.0 WAS buggy for me. 8.1 was better. 8.6 and 9.1 both better still. Depends on Ram and of course preference as to whether to stay with 8.1. I think 8.6 is preferable as it supports carbonlib based apps. I've pretty much maxed mine and my main gripes are fan noise, limited ram at 128 (wish I could have more and also try out Mac OSX) and a small screen though I could mirror it to a larger monitor if I wanted I guess. More than (but not actually what) you asked for but hey!
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