On Jun 28, 2004, at 12:05 AM, MacAddictvja wrote:
I'd like to give it a try and install my old OS X 10.0 (was installed on my
old Blue & White G3 350Mhz, now dead). Would there be any problems with
installing OS X.0 on my PowerMac 7300/500 (has the G3 500Mhz upgrade card).
I already have OS 8.6, and OS 9.1 on separate partitions. Would it be best
to install OS X on another partition?
And what about upgrading OS X 10.0 to 10.1.5 on the PM 7300/500?
Also, what about RAM? I only have 200MB of RAM at present, which has been
just barely sufficient.
If you are going to go through the trouble to install OS X, then you might want to consider starting with 10.2 or 10.3 so that you would be pretty much current. The consensus is that these perform better than previous versions.
Having more ram is definitely a plus. I had 352Mb and 10.3 used just about all of it all of the time. Now that I have upgraded to 816Mb, it uses 700+ and I'm not doing anything different. 512Mb would be a good start.
Also putting OS X on its own partition is a good idea. If anything goes wrong, it makes it easier to restart in a different OS. But make sure you leave plenty of extra room on that partition. I only I left a gigabyte and that really isn't enough. I wish I could repartition that drive without having to start over.
jim
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